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A HISTORY OF 
St. Michael’s Church 


TRENTON: In the Diocese of New Jersey 
from its Foundation in the Year of Our Lord 


1702101920 


By EIPAIMe TT TOON SeC Uy ol BIR 


Toitp from the MinuTES or THE VESTRY and 
other original sources, together with Biograph- 
ical Sketches of Bishops, ‘Rectors, and -ACen 
prominent in the Vestry and the Parisu. Also 
Transcriptions from the ParisH REGISTER of 
Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; from the 
earliest entries down to 1895. Fully illustrated. 
Authorized for publication by the Vestry. 


PRINC ELON 


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1926 





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COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY HAMILTON SCHUYLER 


PRINTED AT THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A. 


TO 


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SENIOR WARDEN OF ST. MICHAEL'S 
CHURCH, APART FROM WHOSE DEEP 
INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT, AND 
GENEROUS ENCOURAGEMENT OF 
THE AUTHOR, THIS BOOK WOULD 
NOT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN. 


PAE PACH 


History oF St. MIcHAEL’s CHURCH, TRENTON, 
IN THE Diocese oF NEw JERSEY, came about in this 
WISE: 

As one of a group of Trenton men who had agreed together to 
write a complete “History of Trenton,” each being responsible for a 
certain portion of the work, the task fell to me to prepare the Re- 
ligious Section. This required, among other things, a study into the 
origin and local history of the Episcopalians. For the first one hun- 
dred and fifty years that history was obviously concerned with St. 
Michael's Church. 

Little or no direct material of a peti nature was found avail- 
able. Dr. ‘fohn Hall's excellent History of the Presbyterian 
Church in Trenton, published first in 1859, and subsequently re- 
vised and put forth in a second edition in 1012, contains many 
scattered references to St. Michael's Church and its people, but the 
information thus provided 1s meagre though sufficient to suggest 
that there was an unexplored mine of local wealth if 1t were possible 
to get access to the sources. 

Through the courtesy of Chancellor Edwin Robert Walker, at 
whose instance Dr. Carlos E. Godfrey, director of the State Depart- 
ment of Public Record, had some years before made a complete 
research into the history of St. Michael’s Church, I was placed in 
possession of the text of the Minutes of the Vestry running back to 
1755, and also much other cognate material valuable to the historian. 
These records were in typewritten form and made a collection of 
several hundred pages. It was in perusing these records that their 
importance was recognized, an importance far beyond their mere 
local significance. It was thus the desire was born to share these 
riches with others. 

For my immediate purpose, which required only a short sketch, 
the records were of course indispensable, but the material for a sep- 
arate volume wherein the story could be told in all its rich detail was 
at hand. 

The matter was brought to the attention of the senior warden of 
St. Michael's Church, Mr. Newton A. K. Bugbee, and bis full 


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PREFACE 


interest and enthusiasm were aroused. I had already proceeded to 
make use of some of the material for my part of the projected ““His- 
tory of Trenton,” and was encouraged to expand my labors and 
embody the same in a complete history of St. Michael's Church. The 
approval of the vestry was secured, and the publication of the Book 
officially authorized by that body. 

St. Michael's, as one of the oldest colonial parishes in the coun- 
try, with a corporate life going back to the very beginning of the 
eighteenth century, and located on the main highway between the 
two great cities, New York and Philadelphia, has experienced many 
vicissitudes of fortune, particularly during the period of the War of 
the Revolution. Overwhelmed by the storm which surged about it in 
those tempestuous days, when the armies of the Continentals and the 
British followed each other in quick succession in occupying the 
town, its leaders and congregation divided in their allegiance— 
loyalists and patriots—the Parish bowed its head for a season and 
sought a temporary oblivion. When calmer times came, and ant- 
mosities had somewhat abated, it rose again from its long sleep and 
courageously faced the future. Although dark days abounded both 
then and later, and though at times the Parish seemed about to 
perish and yield up its feeble life, God raised up a faithful remnant 
of devoted men and women who clung passionately to their heritage 
and made great sacrifices to preserve it. The record is a long and a 
noble one, and the sequel amply proves the truth of the old adage, 
“W bere there’s a will, there’s a way.” 

“The story of St. Michael’s Church must be told for the encour- 
agement of those who shall come after us and who in their turn must 
take up the burden when we have to lay it down,” was the dictum of 
the man to whom this Book is inscribed. 

Such 1s the primary object of the Book, and that in itself is a 
sufficient justification for its publication. But it is believed that the 
Book will also have a wider appeal. To those interested in local 
history, who like to know something of the men who lived and moved 
and had their being here in former days, and who, among their other 
recognized duties and obligations, concerned themselves with the 
affairs of religion, and particularly with the parish church to which 
they belonged, the side-light which these records shed upon their per- 
sonalities and characters will be welcome. From many an insignifi- 
cant item or resolution gleaned from the Minutes there will emerge 


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perhaps some bit of information on matters that are of interest to the 
individual, or the community. How eagerly many of us welcome the 
least scrap of knowledge concerning persons or events with whom, or 
which, we feel ourselves to have some associations! Hence, if many 
of the items printed seem trivial to the majority of readers, here and 
there someone, perbaps, will be grateful that such have been recorded. 
In any event, in the words of Macaulay, “I shall cheerfully bear the 
reproach of having descended below the dignity of history.” 

Then, too, the history of this old church will doubtless be read by 
some who have no connection with the parish or the city, but who will 
be moved to peruse the same as furnishing a useful footnote to the 
larger history of the Church in this diocese and in the country at 
large. : 

The aim has been to include in the Book matters properly cognate 
to its main purpose, thereby linking it up with wider interests in the 
Church and in the State. 

In telling the story of St. Michael's Church, the aim has been, so 
far as possible, to let the documents speak for themselves, with only 
such words of comment as seemed to be necessary to enable the 
reader to understand the drift of events. Current accounts from local 
newspapers have been printed wherever they were available to eluci- 
date the narrative and as affording the contemporary atmospbhere, 
which the pen of the annalist could not reproduce. The biographical 
sketches are taken mainly from approved sources, and usually the 
exact language is employed, though often abridged, and sometimes 
expanded. 

Perhaps the most valuable section of the work is that which con- 
tains the lists of names, and the records transcribed from the Parish 
Register. The utmost care has been taken to verify the names and 
dates in order to render the same useful for genealogical purposes. 

The records are of course incomplete because those who had charge 
of them from time to time were often careless, or did not recognize the 
importance of preserving the statistics, and of making full and accu- 
rate entries. In every case the entry has been given exactly as it 
appears without addition or omission. Doubtless errors may have 
crept in: “Errare est humanum.” 

The author makes no claim for any originality in bis part of the 
work. He has been content to tell a plain tale as the documents have 
told it to him. He has, of course, drawn certain inferences, which 


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can be taken for what they may be worth, but he has meant to make 
no statement of importance which was not buttressed by ample 
evidence. 

The labor has been one of love. Undertaken in the first place in 
pursuance of an accepted obligation, the record was followed up and 
completed out of a sense of the local importance and significance 
which his studies had revealed. 

The annalist, having himself roots in New Fersey soil of over two 
centuries and being moreover a Trenton churchman and rector of an 
elder daughter of St. Michael's, has keenly appreciated the privi- 
leges afforded by bis studies into these “memorials of the past,” 
whereby also he has been able in a literal sense to obey the scriptural 
injunction, “Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn and the hole of 
the pit whence ye are digged.” 


HaMILTON SCHUYLER 
Festival of St. Michael and All Angels 


MCMXXVI 
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 


RESOLUTION OF THE VESTRY AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION 
OF “A HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH” 
ADOPTED JANUARY 17, 1926 


“The vestry of St. Michael’s Church, having been given to under- 
stand that the Rev. Hamilton Schuyler, in conjunction with a pro- 
jected history of Trenton, has accumulated much material relative 
to the history of St. Michael’s parish, do hereby request him to 
prepare a full history of the said parish and do also authorize the 
publication of same under the advice and sanction of the senior 
warden, Mr. Newton A. K. Bugbee.”’ 


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 


Havinc received his commission from the vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church to prepare a history of the Parish the annalist was then 
generously left free to do the work in his own way, and to make 
such use of the official records and other material as his sole 
judgment might dictate. The Book, therefore, while owing much 
to the suggestions and criticisms, of others, as solicited by the 
author, represents an undivided responsibility. 

Mr. John J. Cleary of the Editorial Staff of The Trenton 
Times, whose knowledge of local history and characters is exten- 
sive, and accurate, and Professor William Starr Myers of Prince- 
ton University, have rendered exceptional service in reading the 
proofs. Dr. Carlos E. Godfrey, director of the State Department 
of Public Record, in addition to his original researches upon 
which the Book is based, has furnished important documents 
and made many valuable suggestions. He has also read the manu- 
script of the earlier biographical sketches and indicated certain 
corrections and additions besides contributing valuable notes. 
Dr. Edwin H. Ginnelley has supplied the material relating to 
the Masonic Order, and has been helpful in furnishing informa- 
tion for several sketches. Mrs. Edwin H. Ginnelley and Mrs. 
Paul Traub have collected the information as to the gifts and 
memorials made to the parish. The Rev. Samuel Steinmetz has 
generously lent his aid in many ways. Miss Catherine A. Brokaw 
has furnished and typed the record of the delegates to the dio- 
cesan conventions, and the laborious task of transcribing and 
typing the entries from the Parish Register has been generously 
performed by Mrs. Martha J. Piper. To Mr. Howard L. Hughes 
and the staff of the Trenton Free Public Library the author is 
under obligation for the use of needful books and pamphlets. 
Miss M. Margaret Kehl of the Technical Department of the 
Public Library has made the General Index and verified the 
Bibliography. To persons too numerous to mention, the author 
is indebted for help in preparing the biographical sketches and 
for the loan of photographs and pictures. 

To the extent that errors and omissions great or small may 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


hereafter come to light, the author must justly bear the undis- 
tributed blame while whatever of value and completeness there 
may be must be duly apportioned among those who have so 


graciously united to lend him their aid. 
H.S. 


CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 


Introduction. 


CHAPTER II 
The Settlement at the Falls of the Delaware, 1679. Mahlon Stacy. 
William Trent. 


CHAPTER III 
The Beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Hopewell Township, 


1703. 


CHAPTER IV 
Missionaries Serving the Hopewell Church, 1704-1745. 


CHARTERGV 
St. Michaels Parish Formed and Church Erected, 1745-1748. 
Lot Deeded by Fokn Coxe. 


CHAPTER VI 


Trenton and Parish History to the War of the Revolution, 1750- 
1775: 


CHAPTER VII 
Ministers and Rectors of St. Michael's Church to the War of the 
Revolution. 


CHAPTER VIII 
The Maidenhead “Town Lot.” 


CHAPTER IX 
The War of the Revolution: Sufferings of the Clergy. 


CHAPTER X 
St. Michael's Church and the War. The Reverend George Panton. 


CHAPTER XI 


Biographical Sketches of Wardens, Vestrymen and Parishioners 
(Series 4, 1750-1800). 


CHAPTER XII 
Pre-War Conditions and the Colonial Church. Early Efforts to 
Obtain the Episcopate. 


CHAPTER XIII 
The Resumption of Services. Parish History 1783-1815. 


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CHAPTER XIV 
The Rectorate of the Reverend William Frazer, 1787-1795. The 
Reverend Henry Van Dike. 


CHAPTER XV 
The Rectorate of the Reverend Henry Waddell, 1798-1811. The 
Reverend Fohn Ward, 1811-1813. The Reverend Reuben 
Sherwood, 1814-1815. 


CHAPTER XVI 


The General Convention of 1801 meets in St. Michael’s Church. 
Bishop Moore Consecrated. The Thirty-Nine Articles Estab- 
lished. 


CHAPTER XVII 
The Obtaining of the Episcopate. The Reverend Uzal Ogden 
Rejected. The First Bishop of New Fersey, the Right Reverend 
Fobn Croes, 1815-1832. 


CHAPTER XVIII 
The Rectorate of the Reverend fames Montgomery, 1817-1818. 
Representative men in St. Michael's Church. 


CHAPTER XIX 
The Rectorate of the Reverend Abiel Carter, 1818-1822. New 
Church Built and Consecrated. 


CHAPTER XX 


The Rectorate of the Reverend William Lupton Fobnson, 1823- 
1830. 4 List of the Parishioners One Hundred Years Ago. 


CHAPTER XXI 
The Second Bishop of New Fersey, The Right Reverend George 
Washington Doane, 1832-1859. 


CHAPTER XXII 
The Rectorate of the Reverend Frederick Beasley, 1830-1836. 


CHAPTER XXIII 


The Rectorate of the Reverend Samuel Starr, 1836-1855. 
Enlargement of Church Building. St. Paul's Parish Organized 
1848. 


CHAPTER XXIV 


Biographical Sketches of Wardens, Vestrymen and Parishioners 
(Series B, 1800-1860). 


CHAPTER XXV 
The Rectorate of the Reverend Samuel Clements, 1855-1858. 


CHAPTER XXVI 
The Rectorate of the Reverend Richard Bache Duane, 1858-1862. 
Trinity Parish Organized 1858. 
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CHAPTER XXVII 
The Third Bishop of New Fersey, The Right Reverend William 
Henry Odenheimer, 1859-1875. 


CHAPTER XXVIII 
The Rectorate of the Reverend Edward Webster Appleton, 1862- 
1865. 


CHAPTER XXIX 
The Rectorate of the Reverend Christopher Wilkinson Knauf, 
1866-1873. Church Rebuilt. A Full-Grown Church “Row.” 


CHAPTER XXX 
The Fourth Bishop of New Fersey, The Right Reverend Fobn 
Scarborough, 1875-1914. Division of the Diocese. Four New 
Trenton Parishes Organized. 


CHAPTER XXXI 
The Rectorate of the Reverend William Hude Neilson, Fr., 1873- 
1889. 4 Peaceful Pastorate. 


CHAPTER XXXII 


The Rectorate of the Reverend Oscar S. Bunting, 1889-1896. 
The Reverend Milton A, Craft. 


CHAPTER XXXIII 
The Rectorate of the Reverend W. Strother Fones, 1896-1908. 
Complete Renovation of the Church Building. 


CHAPTER XXXIV 
The Rectorate of the Reverend T. Bond Holland, 1909-1911. 


CHAPTER XXXV 


Biographical Sketches of Wardens, Vestrymen and Parishioners 
(Series C, 1860-1925). 


CHAPTER XXXVI 
The Rectorate of the Reverend William Best Eddy, 1912-1919. 
The Rector and Vestry at Odds. 


CHAPTER XXXVII 
The Fifth Bishop of New Fersey. The Right Reverend Paul 
Matthews, 1915— . The Bishop Co-adjutor. The Right Reverend 
Albion Williamson Knight, 1923-. 


CHAPTER XXXVIII 


The Rectorate of the Reverend Samuel Steinmetz, 1920-. 
Progress of the Parish. Future Prospects. 


APPENDICES 


APPENDIX A 
Chronology of notable events in the Parish History, 1703-1925 


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APPENDIX B 


Chronological list of Bishops, Missionaries, and Rectors, 
1705-1925. 

APPENDIX C 
Alphabetical list of Wardens, Vestrymen and Trustees, 
T7LO-1O2. 

APPENDIX D 


Chronological list of Delegates from St. Michaels Church to the 
Diocesan Conventions, 1785-1925. 


APPENDIX E 
Deeds, Legacies, Trust Funds and Buildings. 


APPENDIX F 
Gifts and Memorials. 


APPENDIX G 
1. Text of Hutchinson Deed for Hopewell Church Lot, 1703. 
2. Text of Acknowledgment. 
3. Text of Deed given by St. Michael's Church to Ralph Lanning 
for Hopewell Church Lot, 1838. 


APPENDIX H 
Founders and Benefactors of the Hopewell Church. 


1. The Rev. George Keith. 
2. The Rev. Fohn Talbot. 
3. Colonel Daniel Coxe. 
4. Thomas Tindall. 

5. Robert Eaton. 

6. Andrew Heath. 


APPENDIX I 


The Trents of Inverness. 

1. William Trent. 

2. The Arms borne by William Trent. 

3. Mary Trent. 

4. The Burial Place of William and Mary Trent. 
5. Hopewell Graveyard Plot. 

6. “Bloomsbury Court.” 


APPENDIX J 


Church Lotteries. 


APPENDIX K 
“The Faith of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.” 


APPENDIX L 


Where some Trentonians lived one hundred and fifty years ago. 


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APPENDIX M 
Bonaparte, ““Bow Hill” and the Murats. 


APPENDIX N 
1. Men of St. Michael's Church Prominent in Public Life. 
2. Men of St. Michael’s Church Prominent in the Masonic Order. 


APPENDIX O 


Names and Inscriptions on Tombstones in St. Michael's Graveyard. 


APPENDIX P 
Entries from the Parish Register 1750-1855, with Classified Index. 


INDEX 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
GENERAL INDEX 


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ILLUSTRATIONS 


ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH Frontispiece 
From an etching by G. Bradshaw saoton enue 
ARMS OF THE STACYES OF “BALLIFIELD” 10 
ARMS BORNE BY WILLIAM TRENT II 
MAP OF HOPEWELL AND MAIDENHEAD 14 
As of 1720. Especially made for this book 
THE REVEREND GEORGE KEITH 22 
First missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 
Foreign Parts 
COLONEL DANIEL COXE 33 
DIAGRAM OF CHURCH LOT ON 
NORTH WARREN STREET 43 
MAP OF TRENTON ABOUT 1776 55 


Especially made for this book 


FACSIMILE OF RESOLUTION OF THE VESTRY{f1776 = 75 
CLOSING ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


THE HON. DAVID BREARLEY 88 
Warden 1785-1790 


TYPOGRAPHICAL REPRODUCTION OF TITLE PAGE 
OF THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES IN BOOK 


OF COMMON PRAYER 152 

THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN CROES 156 
First Bishop of New Fersey 1815-1832 

THE REVEREND JAMES MONTGOMERY 160 
Rector 1817-1818 

THE REVEREND WILLIAM LUPTON JOHNSON 173 


Rector 1823-1830 


THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE WASHINGTON 
DOANE 179 
Second Bishop of New Fersey 1832-1859 


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THE REVEREND FREDERICK BEASLEY 
Rector 1830-1836 


THE REVEREND SAMUEL STARR 
Rector 1836-1855 


GROUP OF VESTRYMEN 
GROUP OF VESTRYMEN 


THE REVEREND SAMUEL CLEMENTS 
Rector 1855-1858 


THE REVEREND RICHARD BACHE DUANE 
Rector 1858-1862 


THE RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM HENRY 
ODENHEIMER 
Third Bishop of New Fersey 1859-1875 


THE REVEREND EDWARD WEBSTER APPLETON 
Rector 1862-1865 


THE REVEREND CHRISTOPHER WILKINSON 
KNAUFF 
Rector 1866-1873 


THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN SCARBOROUGH 
Fourth Bishop of New Fersey 1875-1914 

THE REVEREND WILLIAM HUDE NEILSON, JR. 
Rector 1873-1889 


THE REVEREND OSCAR S. BUNTING 
Rector 1889-1896 


THE REVEREND W. STROTHER JONES 
Rector 1896-1908 


INTERIOR OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 1925 
THE REVEREND T. BOND HOLLAND 


Rector 1909-1911 


A CORNER OF ST. MICHAELD’S CHURCHYARD 
From an etching by G. Bradshaw 


NEWTON ALBERT KENDALL BUGBEE 


Present Senior Warden 1918 


JAMES CLARKE DE COU 
Vestryman and Warden 1868-1917 


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GROUP OF VESTRYMEN 
GROUP OF VESTRYMEN 
GROUP OF VESTRYMEN 
THE REVEREND WILLIAM BEST EDDY 


Rector 1912-1919 
THE RIGHT REVEREND PAUL MATTHEWS 
Fifth Bishop of New Fersey 1915- 
PASTORAL STAFF PRESENTED TO BISHOP 
MATTHEWS ON HIS TENTH ANNIVERSARY 


THE RIGHT REVEREND ALBION WILLIAMSON 
KNIGHT 
Bishop-Coadjutor 1923- 


THE REVEREND SAMUEL STEINMETZ 


Rector 1920- 
ALTAR VESSELS OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


THE TOMBSTONE OF DAVID BREARLEY IN 
ST. MICHAEL’S GRAVEYARD 


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INTRODUCTION 


HE oldest and most venerable of the institutions which 

have their place in our common life are usually ecclesias- 
tical. This is due to the fact that the instinct to provide for 
spiritual needs is a primary one and is exercised immediately 
following the permanent settlement of any new community. 
When men have arranged for their pressing material necessities, 
shelter and food, the next thought 1s to organize their religious 
life and to erect as soon as possible a suitable building where they 
may meet to worship God according to the traditions which 
they have inherited from their fathers. 

In the settlement of this country this common procedure 
prevailed and hence in the various Colonial towns and villages 
strung along the Atlantic seaboard, almost without exception, 
there will be found church organizations whose origin closely 
synchronizes with the beginnings of the community. Trenton is 
no exception to this rule and thus we find here as elsewhere the 
evidence of this universal religious instinct. 


RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS OF FIRST SETTLERS 


Those who first settled in these parts were Quakers, followed 
closely by members of the Church of England and of the Pres- 
byterian body. All of these, as soon as conditions permitted, pro- 
ceeded to organize societies which have endured to our own day 
and whose presence and influence through the subsequent years 
of their existence have been potent in the community and have 
proved themselves beneficent factors in the upbuilding and de- 
velopment of the place. 

The Friends’ Meeting, St. Michael’s Parish and the First 
Presbyterian Congregation, all had their beginnings in the early 
days of the eighteenth century, and hence all alike have now 
exceeded a term of two hundred years of corporate existence. 


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HISTORY OF SI. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


CONDITIONS POLITICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL 


The times were troublous ones in church and state, following 
in the wake of the great religious upheaval of the sixteenth cen- 
tury, and synchronizing closely with the English Political Revo- 
lution of 1688. The fires of religious persecution had then hardly 
ceased to glow and the Established Church was still intent upon 
exacting, at least a measure of conformity, from those who dis- 
sented from its teaching and practice. If the Quakers and other 
dissenting settlers were not impelled to emigrate from their 
homes on account of actual physical persecution, at least they 
suffered from the memory of it, and in any event they incurred 
in England certain political, social and religious disabilities. In 
coming hither they hoped not only to enjoy full religious liberty, 
but also to improve their material conditions. In both of these 
respects they were successful. Without civil interference they set 
up their respective ecclesiastical organizations and proceeded to 
practise their religion according to the dictates of their con- 
science. 


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY GRANTED 


That the exercise of full religious liberty, except in the single 
case of the Roman Catholics, was granted by the Crown to set- 
tlers in the Jerseys, is evident from the “Instructions” given by 
Queen Anne in 1702 to Lord Cornbury, captain-general and 
governor-in-chief of New Jersey. The special clause reads as 
follows: 


You are to permit a liberty of conscience to all persons (except 
papists) so that they may be contented with a great and peace- 
able enjoyment of the same, not giving offence or scandal to the 
government. (Smith, History of New Fersey, p. 246, paragraph 
51 of “Instructions’’). 


The denial of a like religious liberty to the Roman Catholics 
was plainly owing to the political reaction to the Jacobite plots 
from the fear of which the British government of that day was 
suffering. 

But if, in the main, religious liberty was accorded to the colo- 
nists, officers of the government and members of the assembly 


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INTRODUCTION 


were bound by test acts and, in the case of Quakers and others 
whose conscience forbade them to take an oath, such were com- 
pelled to make certain solemn declarations. 

At the session of the West Jersey assembly of May 16, 1696, a 
bill was passed requiring officials who were not free to take an 
oath to sign a declaration of loyalty to the British Crown, and a 
repudiation of papal claims, also a profession of the orthodox 
Christian faith, and a belief in the divine inspiration of the Holy 
Scriptures. 


MORAL CONDITIONS 


That the religious and moral conditions among the Colonists 
of those days were far from being satisfactory 1s amply evident 
from the bitter complaints and jeremiads of ministers and others. 

In the Digest of the Records of the Society for the Propagation of 
the Gospel (Fifth Edition, p. 52), there is a communication to the 
Society under date of 1701 by Colonel Lewis Morris, subse- 
quently governor of the province, in which he reports that “the 
youth of the whole Province of East Jersey were very debauch’d 
and very ignorant and the Sabbath Day seems there to be set 
apart for Ryotting and Drunkenness.” In a word “‘the General 
Ignorance and immorality runs through the whole Province.” 
Of West Jersey he says: ““The people were generally speaking a 
hotch potch of all religions, but the Quakers appeared to be the 
only body possessing places of worship. The Youth of this Prov- 
ince also were very debauched . . . and very ignorant.” 

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the population of 
the two provinces numbered about 11,000, and, according to the 
Rev. George Keith, “except two or three towns, there was no 
face of any public worship of any sort,” but “people lived very 
mean like Indians.” 

In September 1703, the Rev. John Talbot, a minister of the 
Church of England settled in Burlington, writes to the Society: 


It is a sad thing to consider the years that are past; how some 
that were born of the English, never heard of the name of 
Christ, how many others were baptized in his name and fallen 
away to Heathenism, Quakerism, and Atheism for want of con- 
firmation (Hills, Hist. Ch. in Burlington, p. 41). 


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Doubtless the lack of the restraining influences of a settled 
religious order and the scattered character of the population to- 
gether with the difficulties of finding proper instructors for the 
young, tended to produce a decided moral laxity. All pioneer 
communities suffer from a measure of lawlessness. But whether 
public morals were in so parlous a state as the official censors 
depict may be doubted, since the tendency among those charged 
with the guardianship of religion and morality 1s always to paint 
present conditions in lurid colors. Such a tendency exists among 
ourselves today and has equally characterized all ages since the 
times of the Hebrew prophets. 


BITTER THEOLOGICAL PARTISANSHIP 


The eighteenth century was an age of violent religious preju- 
dice and theological partisanship, and each group was disposed 
to regard the others as steeped in false doctrine, viciousness of 
life, and in short as constituting a veritable “synogogue of 
Satan.” 

To furnish some examples of the odium theologicum: the Rev. 
John Talbot writes in 1702, regarding his friend and associate, 
the Rev. George Keith: 


He is the fittest man that ever came over for this province, he 
is a well-study’d divine, a good philosopher and Preacher but 
above all an excellent Disputant especially against the Quakers 
who used to challenge all mankind formerly. Now all the 
Friends (or enemies rather) are not able to answer one George 
Keith; he knows the Depths of Satan within them and all the 
Doublings and Windings of the “Snake in the Grass.” In short 
he has become the best Champion against all Dissenters that 
the Church ever had and he’s sett up such a Light in their 
Dark places that by God’s blessing will not be putt out. (Hills, 
Hist. Ch. in Burlington, pp. 27-8.) 


Writing again in 1703 regarding the Quakers, whom he evi- 
dently regarded as the special enemies of true religion, Talbot 
declares: 

The Quakers compass sea and land to make proselytes; they 

send out yearly a parcel of vagabond Fellows that ought to be 

taken up and put in Bedlam rather than suffer to go about 
raving and railing against the Laws and Orders of Christ and 


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INTRODUCTION 


His Church and for why? Their preaching is of cursing and 
Lyes, poysoning the souls of the people with damnable errors 
and heresies . . . (zid., p. 43). 

Nor were the Quakers less tolerant or courteous towards their 
opponents. In the title page of one of their books they thus ex- 
press the abhorrence they felt toward their former associate 
George Keith: 

The Apostate convicted . . . in which his apostacy from the 

Truth and enmity against it is manifested, his Deceits, Hypo- 

cricie and manifold prevarications are discovered, his false 

Quotations, Lyes and Forgeries out of the Quaker Books are 

detected, etc. (Rufus M. Jones, Quakers in the American Colo- 

nies, p. 449). 


AN EPISTLE OF THE FIRST QUAKER SETTLER 


The following excerpts from a letter written in 1680 from the 
Falls of the Delaware by Mahlon Stacy, the original of which is 
in possession of the New Jersey Historical Society, may not in- 
appropriately be introduced here as furnishing an example of 
the quaint phraseology and perfervid piety characteristic of the 
Quakers of that early period. Stacy’s naive rejoicing over “His 
Removing of the Heathen that Know Himnotand making Room 
for a better People that fears His Name . . . how the Indians 
are wasted in Two Years Time . . . and how the English are 
encreased both in Cattle and Corn,” certainly furnishes a de- 
lectable commentary on the saying “Blessed are the meek for 
they shall inherit the earth.” 

Mahlon Stacy’s letter to George Hutcheson. From the Falls 
of Delaware in New Jersey, the 12th of the 6th month, 1680: 


Dear Friend, Thine of the 23d, 11th Month, 1679, I have 
Received with great Gladness and Acceptations, as a Token of 
thy endeared Love and Care, with thy tender Desires for us, 
and grave Counsel to us: all which I dearly accept of, knowing 
it was the Flowings-forth of a Soul Fil’d with Love to the Heri- 
tage of God in these Parts. For the watering of whom God has 
fil’d the Hearts of His Servants with His pure Love, precious 
Life, and Streams of Living Refreshment, for the Comforting 
of Jacob in his Travels and Tryals, and for the Gladding of 


Israel in the Day of Exercise. So, although we are separated as 


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to the Outward, (a little Scattering as I may say) yet the God 
of Life abounds in His Love to His little Flock, dayly extending 
His Peace (as a River) to His Remnant; And is determined, of 
a small Number, to make a Great and Strong Nation: And this 
I plainly saw before I left my Native Country; And the Lord 
is Mightily bringing it to pass, in His Removing the Heathen 
that know Him not, and making Room for a better People, 
that fears His Name. ’Tis hardly credible to believe, how the 
Indians are wasted in Two years Time; and especially the last 
Summer: and how the English are encreased both in Cattle and 
Corn, in a little time. 

Things go exceeding well with Friends, since they were set- 
tled, and our Meetings are duely Kept. The Lord our God is 
with us, and the Shout of a King is amongst us, Glory, Glory, 
to the Lord our God for ever! I perceive you have strange Re- 
ports concerning Us, and our Country; yet our Condition is far 
otherwise than is represented unto you: for our Land yields its 
Strength to us in a plentiful manner and we enjoy Fulness of 
Good Things; the greatest want is that of our Friends; yet the 
Lord is adding to our Number greatly; and in a short Time, 
this Place will be Populated... . 

(See, for other letters of Mahlon Stacy, Smith, History of New 


TATE Dep Ove) 


HARSHNESS OF THE PENAL CODE 


Manners were coarse and the penal laws cruel; slavery was 
accepted as a divine institution; intemperance was rife, even in 
the highest quarters, and the relations of the sexes were often 
irregular, as is commonly the case in new and rude communities. 

The penal laws in the Jerseys reflect the harsh sentiments of 
the times. 

The laws of the provincial legislature, 1668-1700, provided 
the death penalty in the case of perjury, kidnapping, witchcraft 
and for cursing father or mother. For burglary and robbery, the 
penalty for the first offence was thirty-nine lashes, for a second 
conviction, branding upon the forehead with the letter “T,” and 
for the third branding upon the cheek with the letter “T,”’ to- 
gether with twelve months’ imprisonment at hard labor and 
thirty-nine lashes administered monthly. After nine o’clock at 
night those found abroad or in tap houses, except upon their 


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lawful business, or who could not give a good account of them- 
selves to the magistrate, were to be punished at the discretion 
of the Court. For profaning the Lord’s Day, punishment was by 
fine or imprisonment. Any person found to be drunk was fined 
one shilling for the first time, two shillings for the second and for 
every time after two shillings and six pence. Such as could not 
pay were condemned to receive corporal punishment, and if un- 
ruly and disturbers of the peace, were placed in the stocks until 
they were sober or released by the officer. 

Such were some of the conditions, moral, religious and penal, 
which prevailed in the days when the first settlers came to these 
parts, and essayed to take up land and build themselves homes. 


QUEEN ANNE'S INTEREST IN THE COLONIAL CHURCH 


That “Good Queen Anne” took a deep interest in the welfare 
of the Church of England in the American Colonies, is evident 
from the detailed “Instructions” regarding the church and its 
ministers which she gave in 1702 to the governor, Lord Cornbury. 


69. You shall take especial care, that God Almighty be de- 
voutly and duly served throughout your Government. The 
book of common prayer as by law established, read each Sunday 
and Holy Day, and the Blessed Sacrament administered ac- 
cording to the rites of the Church of England. 


70. You shall be careful that the Churches already built there, 
be well and orderly kept, and that more be built, as the Colony 
shall by God’s blessing be improved; and that besides a compe- 
tent maintenance to be assigned to the minister of each ortho- 
dox Church, a convenient house be built at the common charge 
for each minister, and a competent proportion of land assigned 
to him, for a glebe and exercise of his industry. 


72. You are not to prefer any minister to any ecclesiastical 
benefice in that our province, without a certificate from the 
Right Reverend father in God, the Lord bishop of London, of 
his being conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the 
Church of England, and of a good life and conversation; And 
if any person already prefer’d to a benefice shall appear to you 
to give scandal either by his doctrine or manners, you are to use 
the best means for the removal of him and to supply the va- 
cancy in such manner as we have directed. 


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74. You are to enquire whether there be any minister within 
your government, who preaches and administers the sacraments 
in any orthodox Church or chapel, without being in due orders, 
and to give account thereof to the said Lord Bishop of London. 


76. And you are to take special care, that a table of marriages 
established by the cannons of the Church of England, be hung 
up in every orthodox Church, and duly observed, and you are 
to endeavour to get a law passed in the assembly of our said 
province (if not already done) for the strict observation of the 


said table. (Smith, History of New Fersey, pp. 252, 253.) 


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CHAPTER «II 
THE SETTLEMENT AT THE FALLS OF DELAWARE 
Pro 


MAHLON STACY—WILLIAM TRENT 


HE settlement of Burlington preceded that of Trenton, 
and for a long time it remained alarger and more important 
lace. 

The Shze/d from Hull, the first ship that brought colonists to 
this section of New Jersey, arrived in Burlington in 1678. These 
colonists belonged to the Society of Friends, and two of their 
number, Thomas Lambert and Mahlon Stacy, in 1679, took up 
land in territory which was subsequently included within the 
bounds of the city of Trenton. Lambert settled in Nottingham, 
below the Falls of the Delaware (“Ye ffalles of ye De La War” 
which included the districts afterwards known as Bloomsbury 
and Lamberton, and Stacy settled to the south of the Assanpink 
Creek adjacent to the Falls where he built a grist mill (1680) 
presumably to serve a population which then or shortly after- 
wards began to settle in the neighborhood. 


. . » Mahlon Stacy, who came over with the first emigrants, 
made a large survey on both sides of the Assanpink Creek at 
this place (Trenton), and erected a corn mill thereon. A Friends’ 
Meeting was established, and the buildings erected thereabout 
soon began to assume the proportions of a town. In 1714, Mah- 
lon Stacy, son of Mahlon who deceased in 1703, sold this prop- 
erty, which his father called “Ballifield,” to William Trent, from 
whom the present name of the city was derived; previous to 
this sale, however, considerable of the land had been purchased 
in small parcels, whereon to erect dwellings. (Clement, Sketches 
of First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, p. 228.) 


A recent research undertaken at the instance of Chancellor 
Edwin Robert Walker, himself a descendant of Mahlon Stacy, 
proves that the original holdings of Stacy were much more ex- 
tensive than the 800 acres purchased by William Trent of 
Mahlon Stacy, Jr. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Mahlon Stacy, of Hansworth, Yorkshire, England, prior to 
coming to America in 1678, acquired from the Proprietors of 
West New Jersey an interest in lands in that Colony, and had 
surveyed and set off to him by metes and bounds a tract of 
about 2000 acres of land at The Falls of the Delaware, lying on 
both sides of Assanpink 
Creek. The extent and 
boundaries of this tract 
are delineated upon a 
map of Mahlon Stacy’s 
lands made and platted 
by the late John T. 
Temple, counsellor-at- 
law, who gave partic- 
ular attention to the 
law of land titles,a map 
of which appeared in 
the Trenton Evening 
Times, Wednesday, 
April 30, 1913. Out of 
this tract of some 2000 
acres, Mahlon Stacy, 
the younger, who was 
his father’s heir-at-law 
and devisee, conveyed 
to William Trent 800 
ARMS OF THE STACYES OF acres on August 18, 

“BALLIFIELD 1714. This tract (Stacy 


(FOR DESCRIPTION SEE Ely, Russell and Stacyes to Trent) was surveyed 
Families, P. 123) tia 
COURTESY OF CHANCELLOR EDWIN ROBERT WALKER by William Emley, and 


the plat and descrip- 
tion are recorded in Bass’s Book of Surveys in the office of the 
Secretary of State. As shown on the plat of the 800 acres sur- 
veyed by Emley in wee the mill and seventeen houses are 


indicated.—E. R. W. 








Field, Provincial Courts of New Fersey (pp. 105-6), contains 
this reference to the purchase by William Trent, of the Stacy 
lands: 


William Trent a native of Inverness, Scotland, who purchased 
a plantation of 800 acres on both sides of the Assanpink, N.J. 
whither he removed; a town was laid out on his estate, which 


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in his honor was called Trents Town . . . now the capital of 
New Jersey. It was, however, at the death of the Chief Justice, a 
town only in name, containing as it did but two or three houses. 


It is certain that Field was mistaken in asserting that at the 
death of Trent (1724) there were then only “‘two or three houses” 
in the place which was previously known as ““Trent’s Town.” 
His own house was a substantial mansion, still standing today, 
and it is wholly improbable that the place would have been 
called a “‘town”’ unless there were a considerable settlement al- 
ready established in the neighborhood. (See ‘Bloomsbury 
Court,” Appendix I: 6.) 


WILLIAM TRENT 


Smith, History of New Fersey (p. 419), has the following note 
regarding William Trent: 


December 29 (25) this 
year (1724) died William 
Trent, Esq., Chief Justice 
of New Jersey. He was 
several yearsmember, and 
part of the time speaker of 
the Assembly; and being 
a large trader at Trenton, 
when that place was laid 
out as a town, it from him 
tookits name, being before 
significantly called Little- 
Worth: He had been also 
speaker of the Assembly 
of Pennsylvania; he bore 
the character of a gentle- 
man. 





Keasbey, Courts and 
Lawyers of New Fersey 


(Vol. 1, p. 275) containS | ARMS BORNE BY WILLIAM TRENT 


: (SEE APPENDIX I: 2) 
the following sketch of COURTESY OF HUGH B. ROSSELL, ESQ. 


William Trent: 
The new Chief Justice was a native of Inverness, in Scotland, 
and came from there with his brother, James, and settled in 


Philadelphia. The house he occupied had been the city residence 
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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


of William Penn and his family and was afterwards a celebrated 
boarding-house when John Adams and other members of the 
Congress of the United States lodged there. Trent was for many 
years a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and 
Speaker of the Assembly of New Jersey. He was not a lawyer, 
but was a man of business habits, of strong sense and strict 
integrity. 

He purchased, in 1714, 800 acres of Mahlon Stacy, on both 
sides of the Assanpink, where the cities of Trenton and South 
Trenton now stand. He went there to live, and in 1721 he was 
chosen a Member of the Assembly from Burlington County. 
He was made Speaker in 1723 and was appointed Chief Justice 
in November of that year, and took his seat in the following 
March, but died suddenly of apoplexy on the 24th of the next 
December. 

Governor Burnet, shortly after his appointment, wrote to the 
Lords of Trade, saying, “The present Chief Justice, Mr. William 
Trent, is universally beloved, as your Lordships may observe 
by his being chosen their Speaker, and I doubt not will answer 
my expectations in executing the office.” (5 N.J. Archives, 77) 


William Trent was a devoted member of the Church of Eng- 
land. He was originally associated with Christ Church, Philadel- 
phia, and a vestryman of the same, 1717-1720. He was also par- 
ticularly interested in the church at Burlington. The Rev. John 
Talbot, the S. P. G. missionary in charge of that church, men- 
tions Trent in his letters to the Society’s secretary. William 
Trent and Daniel Coxe join in a letter to the secretary of the 
Society under date “Trenton 20th Sept. 1723” detailing what 
they had done in the way of complying with the Society’s re- 
quest, “relating to the repairs necessary to be done to their house 
and Gardens at Burlington and keeping up all the fences round 
them, the orchard etc.” (Hills, Hist. Ch. in Burlington, p. 172) 

In a letter to the secretary of the S. P. G., Talbot writes con- 
cerning this matter: 

Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. 
Philadelphia, 9th December, 1723. 


Col. Coxe and Mr. Trent have done their part towards the 
Society’s house at Burlington. They have put it all in good 
order both within and without. (Hills, Hist. Cb. in Burlington, 


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Trent’s name appears in the list of the church’s “Benefactors 
at Philadelphia & strangers” who (1705) contributed to the 
parish needs, “Wm. Trent—£5”’ (idid., p. 216). 

(For extended sketch of William Trent see Appendix I: 1.) 


EARLY GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS 


For the clear understanding of early church history in these 
parts, it 1s necessary to recall the geographical divisions which 
then obtained. The territory lying north of the Assanpink creek 
was originally a part of Burlington county, but in March 1714 
was constituted the county of Hunterdon, which reached from 
the Assanpink on its northern bank to the limits of West Jersey. 
Within this county there were two adjacent townships, Hope- 
well and Maidenhead. Hopewell township then included the set- 
tlement of Trenton lying to the north of the Assanpink Creek, 
and the territory subsequently set apart as the township of 
Ewing. 

The township of Trenton was formed about 1719 out of a 
portion of the township of Hopewell. Lawrence township was 
originally the township of Maidenhead, its name being changed 
to Lawrence in 1816. The township of Ewing was formed out of 
the township of Trenton in 1834. The township of Nottingham 
lying to the south of the Assanpink Creek, originally in Burling- 
ton County, was divided, a portion in 1842 being set off under 
the name of Hamilton township and the remainder in 1856 being 
annexed to T’renton. 

Mercer county was erected February 22, 1838, from the town- 
ships of Ewing, Hopewell, Lawrence and Trenton, in Hunterdon 
county; the township of Nottingham, in Burlington county, and 
the townships of East and West Windsor, in Middlesex county. 

The map on the following page will serve to illustrate the early 
topographical conditions. 


THE HOPEWELL EPISCOPAL CHURCH 


References hereafter will be continually made to the “Hope- 
well Church,” by which is to be understood the church building, 
which in or about 1704, was erected on a site then in the town- 
ship of Hopewell and today within the boundaries of the present 
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farm.” The church building, long since vanished, belonged to the 
Church of England settlers in this vicinity, and should not be 
confused with the “log church” belonging to the Presbyterians, 
which was built about 1712, also then in the Township of Hope- 
well, and to be identified today with the Ewing Presbyterian 
Church. 

It has been demonstrated from a study of early documents 
that the belief, long popularly entertained, to the effect that the 
Hopewell church building of 1704 was in the nature of a union 
enterprise, in which the Presbyterians equally participated with 
the Episcopalians, was an erroneous one, and that the honor of 
erecting the first Christian church in this vicinity belonged ex- 
clusively to the Episcopalians, and represented the beginnings 
of what afterwards became St. Michael’s Parish. 

The documentary evidence establishing this statement 1s 
ample and convincing, and will be submitted in the following 
chapter. Suffice it to say here, that the legal right of the Church 
of England people to the sole possession of this property was 
never disputed, and in 1838 St. Michael’s Parish sold the ground, 
reserving to itself only a small portion, which had been used as 
an early burying place. Thus St. Michael’s Church would have 
been justified in observing its two-hundredth anniversary in 
1903, since the congregation is the lineal descendant of the one 
to which the property was deeded in 1703. 


THE MAIDENHEAD GRANT 


The earliest evidence of any intention to provide land for re- 
ligious use, in either of the townships, is found in a deed of March 
1698, by which Jeremiah Bass, governor of East and West Jer- 
sey, and Thomas Revell “Agents for the Honorable and West 
Jersey Society in England” conveyed one hundred acres of land 
in the township of Maidenhead to certain inhabitants thereof 
“for the erecting of a meeting-house, and for a burying ground 
and school-house.” (Recorded in Book B, No. 2, page 655, Sec- 
retary’s Office, State House, ‘Trenton. Se Maidenhead, Town 
Lot, Chapter VIII. ) 

There is no evidence to show that any church building was 
erected on this property or elsewhere in the township of Maiden- 
head (now Lawrenceville) much previous to 1716, or to what 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 
religious body the property thus deeded originally belonged, 


though there is some intimation that for a season at least its 
benefits were shared in common both by the Church of England 
residents and the Presbyterians. 

Talbot and other early missionaries of the Church of England 
appear freely to have used the Maidenhead church for occa- 
sional services, though subsequently it came to be regarded as 
the exclusive property of the Presbyterians. 

There is a map in Humphrey’s Historical Account of the Society 
for the Propagation of the Gospel (1730), of the eastern seaboard 
of America, with a + indicating where missionaries of the Soci- 
ety ministered. Hopewell and Maidenhead are thus marked. 


THE PRESBYTERIANS 


The Presbyterians of Trenton properly reckon their founda- 
tion from 1712, when a “log church” was built in that portion of 
the township of Hopewell which was subsequently constituted 
as the township of Ewing. 

The following is an account of the origin of the Hopewell 
(Ewing) Presbyterian Church, taken from Hall’s History of the 
Presbyterian Church in Trenton, (p. 18): 


In less than six years from Hutchinson’s deed to Heath and 
others, the Hopewell Presbyterians took measures for the erec- 
tion of a church for themselves, within three miles of the one 
just described. This was the beginning of the congregation, 
which after the foundation of the township of Trenton (1719- 
20) was called the “Trenton First Church”: but which now 
takes the name of the new township of Ewing. The original 
deed was dated March g, 1709 and conveyed two acres of land 
from Alexander Lockart a Scotchman to... . 


The location of a Presbyterian church in Trenton proper was 
due to the need of providing an accessible place of worship for 
those who lived in or near the village, but who were compelled 
to attend services, either in the Hopewell (Ewing) church or in 
the Maidenhead (Lawrenceville) church. 

Thus out of these two congregations was formed a third, 
which in or about the year 1726 erected a building on the site 
where the First Presbyterian Church now stands. This church 
properly celebrated its two-hundredth anniversary in 1912, since 


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its existence as a congregation goes back at least to the building 


of the “log church” in Hopewell (Ewing) in 1712. 


THE CHESTERFIELD FRIENDS’ MEETING 


The Burlington Friends’ Meeting was organized in 1678, and 
a meeting house was completed in 1691. The Burlington meeting 
was the parent body of the other meetings, which soon spread 
over this section. As early as 1679 informal meetings for worship 
began to be held near the Falls of the Delaware in the house of 
Thomas Lambert, which a year later became an organized meet- 
ing. In 1684 the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting was formed, with 
which the Quakers in this vicinity were associated. The minutes 
of the meeting begin September 2, 1684, but it was not until 
1739 that the present meeting house was erected at Hanover and 
Montgomery Streets. This building is the oldest house of wor- 
ship now existing in the City of Trenton. Of the two Friends’ 
Meetings the one subsequently known as “Hicksite” occupies 
today the old building while the orthodox body since 1858 has 
had its place of worship in Mercer Street. 


OTHER RELIGIOUS BODIES 


THE METHODISTS 


The Methodists date their organized existence in Trenton 
from the year 1772 when a congregation was formed and a sub- 
scription paper circulated for the purpose of raising funds for the 
erection of a church building. A lot was purchased at Broad and 
Academy streets on which a frame building was erected a year 
later in 1773. In 1922, the First Methodist Episcopal Church 
observed its sesquicentennial. The claim is made that this 
church is the oldest Methodist organization in the state and the 
third oldest in the country, being antedated only by the John 
Street Church in New York City and St. George’s Church, 
Philadelphia. (See pamphlet, The First Methodist Episcopal 
Church of New Fersey, Trenton, 1922.) 


THE BAPTISTS 


The first regular services for the Baptists of Trenton date from 
1787 and in 1801 a plot of ground was given for the erection of a 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Baptist meeting house, which seems to have been completed the 
following year. This church was afterwards known as the First 
Baptist Church and still occupies its original location on Center 


Street. (See pamphlet, The Baptists of Trenton 1867.) 


THE ROMAN CATHOLICS 


The Roman Catholics seem to have had a scattering congre- 
gation here as early as 1799 and possibly occasional services were 
held earlier. From the beginning of the century regular ministra- 
tions appear to have been provided though it was not until 1814 
that a church building was erected at the corner of Market and 
Lamberton Streets and given the name “Chapel of St. John the 
Baptist,” at the time said to be the only church of that body 
between Philadelphia and New York. (See pamphlet, 4 Century 
of Catholicity in Trenton, N.f., 1900.) 

The above-mentioned bodies comprise those which were rep- 
resented in Trenton at the beginning of the nineteenth century. 

Other bodies which have established themselves here since are 
the German Lutheran which was incorporated in 1856; the 
Evangelical Lutheran, 1869; and the first Hebrew Synagogue, 
1866, of which the present Temple Har Sinai is the continuation. 
This congregation first occupied quarters in a building in Mont- » 
gomery Street near Academy. 


RECENT RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS 


As the foreign population of Trenton has grown and become 
more diversified there has been a corresponding increase in re- 
ligious denominations hitherto unrepresented. Thus there are 
now established in this community Greek Orthodox and Greek 
Uniate congregations; German, Italian, Slavonic, Hungarian 
and Polish Catholics; an Italian-Presbyterian; a Hungarian- 
Baptist and an Episcopal body; representatives of Orthodox and 
Liberal Jewish Congregations. There are congregations of col- 
ored people, Baptists, Methodists and Episcopalians. Of these 
Mount Zion Baptist seems to have had an existence here as 
early as 1819. There was a former burying ground for the colored 
race about where the Y.W.C.A. building stands on Academy 
Street and in excavating for the foundations some few years ago 
several skeletons were unearthed. There are besides Christian 


Evite 


THE SETTLEMENT 


Science, Unitarian, and Spiritualist congregations, the Salvation 
Army, and several others which come under no general classifi- 
cation. In short, Trenton today is supplied with almost all the 
varities of religious belief and practice which prevail in most of 
our large eastern cities. 


Enon 


Gi asl eA Dd gag 


THE BEGINNINGS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 
IN HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP 


1703 

HE Episcopal Church in the American colonies, at least 

in the northern portion, owes its existence and extension 
mainly if not exclusively to the initiative taken by “The Society 
for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.” This So- 
ciety, familiarly known by the initials S. P. G. or simply “The 
Venerable Society,”’ was incorporated in London in 1701 and 
had grown out of the representations made by the Rev. Dr. 
Thomas Bray, commissary of Maryland, in his Memoria! cn the 
State of the Church, wherein he showed the necessity of provid- 
ing missionaries in the interests of colonists belonging to the 
Church of England. Well up to the period of the Revolutionary 
War the majority of the clergy, at least in the northern colonies, 
were furnished and sent out by this Society and the correspond- 
ence of these with the home office supplies most of the informa- 
tion we possess regarding the religious conditions of those early 
times. 


THE FIRST MISSIONARIES 


At what date services according to the rites of the Church of 
England were first held in this immediate vicinity cannot be 
precisely determined. Members of that body seem to have been 
present in the neighborhood shortly after the coming of Mahlon 
Stacy and possibly earlier, though there is no trace of the exist- 
ence of any organized congregation in all New Jersey until it 
became a single province by the union of East and West Jersey 
under Queen Anne in 1702. 

George Keith, who had been educated for the Scotch-Presby- 
terian ministry, but afterwards became a Quaker preacher of 
high repute in that body serving both at home and in the Ameri- 
can colonies, returned to England in 1694 and received Orders in 


the Church of England in 1700. Subsequently he became the 
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BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN HOPEWELL 


first missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 
in the American colonies. He prepared a memorial to the Society 
in the course of which he makes the following statement: 

There is not one Church of England as yet in either West or 

East Jersey, the more is the pity; and except in Two or Three 

Towns there is no face of any public worship of any sort, but 

People live very mean like Indians. (Hills, Hist. Ch. in Bur- 

lington, p. 19.) 

In 1702 as agents of the Society for the Propagation of the 
Gospel, George Keith, accompanied by John Talbot, visited New 
Jersey. Keith preached first in Amboy in October 1702 and after- 
wards in other towns of East Jersey as also in the town-hall at 
Burlington in West Jersey. Previous to that time there are traces 
of ministrations by the Rev. Alexander Iness and the Rev. Evan 
Evans, and occasional services had from time to time been held 
at Burlington by visiting clergymen from New York and 


Philadelphia. 


THE CHURCH IN BURLINGTON 


In 1702 the Church of England people in Burlington pro- 
ceeded to organize a congregation and collect subscriptions for 
a building, and the corner-stone of a church was laid by the Rev. 
John Talbot, March 25, 1703, being the Feast of the Annuncia- 
tion. In August of that year the building was sufficiently finished 
to permit of the holding of services and on the twenty-second of 
that month Keith on his return from the South preached the 
first sermon in it. The building was completed in June 1704 and 
Talbot celebrated the Holy Communion for the first time on the 
Feast of Whitsunday. A warrant was issued by the governor, 
Lord Cornbury, for a permit to incorporate the parish under the 
name of St. Anne, in honor of the queen, October 4, 1704, but by 
some neglect the charter was not passed until January 25, 1709, 
when the name “St. Mary,” the original dedication, was substi- 
tuted. In 1705 Talbot was established as permanent S. P.G. 
missionary in Burlington, a position which he held until 1725 
when he was inhibited on the charge of Jacobitism. He died in 
Burlington in 1727. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


THE HOPEWELL CHURCH 


It was due to the indefatigable labors of Talbot, assisted in the 
first instance by his early associate George Keith, that the 
Church of England colonists in these parts were first ministered 
to and a Church erected on property in Hopewell township 
deeded by John Hutchinson. (For sketches of Keith and Talbot, 
see Appendix H: 1, 2. 


EARLY CHURCH OF ENGLAND FAMILIES 


That there was a group of Church of England colonists settled 
in the vicinity of the Falls of Delaware, some years previous to 
1700, 1s certain. Among the families whose names have come 
down to us were the Pearsons, the Hutchinsons, the Tyndalls, 
the Eatons and the Heaths. Naturally these families would de- 
sire as soon as possible to secure the ministrations of the Church, 
and also to erect a building for worship. Accordingly we find that 
measures looking to these ends were soon undertaken. A plot of 
ground was secured in 1703 in a section accessible to the settlers _ 
scattered on the farms and plantations along the Delaware 
River, both north and south of the Falls, and also convenient by 
ferry to those living on the Pennsylvania side. This property 
was conveyed by John Hutchinson out of the extensive holdings 
of his father, Thomas Hutchinson, one of the West Jersey pro- 
prietors, to certain others whose names are given in the deed. 


THE HUTCHINSON DEED 


The deed to the Hopewell Church property 1s on record in the 
office of the secretary of state in Trenton in Deed Book AAA (pp. 
105, 114), and bears date of April 20, 1703. The deed conveys 


Two acres of land from John Hutchinson, son of Thomas 
Hutchinson, to Andrew Heath, Richard Eayre, Abial Davis 
and Zebulon Heston in trust for the inhabitants of the said 
township of Hopewell and their successors inhabiting and 
dwelling within the said township forever, for the public and 
common use and benefit of the whole township for the erection 
and building of a public meeting house thereon and also for 
place of burial and for no other uses, intents or purposes what- 
soever. (For full text of deed and acknowledgment, see Appen- 


dix (-052'2)) 
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TOBSREY EREND»-GEORGESKEELH 
1639-1716 


FIRST MISSIONARY OF THE SOCIETY FOR 
THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL 
IN FOREIGN PARTS 


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BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN HOPEWELL 


Prior to 1714 Hopewell township reached down to the Assan- 
pink creek and therefore the church erected on the lot deeded by 
Hutchinson would commonly be known as “Hopewell Church.” 

Although not so stated in the deed, it is certain from other 
documentary evidence, about to be submitted, that this prop- 
erty was originally designed for the use of the Church of England 
people residing in the vicinity, that the building was erected, 
paid for and occupied by them until a church was subsequently 
built in the village of Trenton. 


THE EARLIEST MINISTRATIONS 
Entries of Baptisms under the hand of the Rev. Fohn Talbot 


Hopewell. Feb. 28. Anno Domini. Jesus Christi 1702-3. 
John and Ann, ye children of Rog’r Parke, baptized 
by Mr. John Talbot. 
Roger, son of Roger Park, baptized 7’br. Sept. 8, 
1704. 
Hopewell 4 
Mary, Eliz..Thomas Ann William John 
Sarah & Robert The children of Thomas Tyndal Bapt. briz 


7 
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Seeceet 
1704 
Hopewell 


Chapel ? Anno Dom. Nostri Jesus Christi 1705 Sept 27 10 
Church 

Marmaduke, Isaac & Eliz. Hutchinson 

John, Andrew & Eliz. & Sarah Heath Baptized __ briz 
(pay & Joseph Tyndall 27 


The above are exact transcripts from the Parish Register of 
St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, of entries in the well-known 
handwriting of the Rev. John Talbot, and prove conclusively 
that his ministrations to church people in Hopewell go back to 
1702-1703. 

It will be observed that the entries under 1703-1704 have 
simply “Hopewell” while the lower entry (1705) has the word 
“Chapel” or “Church’’; it is uncertain which, for the word 1s 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


partly illegible. The plain inference is that at the earlier dates 
the building was not erected or, perhaps, completed, while the en- 
try (1705) would seem to show that the baptisms there recorded 
actually took place in the church itself, which is the rule of the 
Prayer Book, wherever possible. 

Under the entry “ye children of Rog’r Parke,” the reference 
is to the Roger Parke mentioned in the ““Lycense to Build” 1705, 
and in the case of “the children of Thomas Tyndal” the reference 
is to the Thomas Tyndall mentioned in the same document as 
one of the wardens of the Hopewell Church. The last entry 
under the surname “Hutchinson,” undoubtedly refers to the 
children of John Hutchinson who made the deed for the property 
in 1703, while the “Heath” children were those of Andrew 
Heath, one of those to whom the property was deeded. 


SHARPE'S JOURNAL 


The Rev. John Sharpe who came to this country in 1702, sub- 
sequently becoming chaplain to Lord Cornbury, the governor of 
the Jerseys, returning home in 1717, kept a journal of his doings 
while here, in the course of which he speaks several times of the 
Hopewell church, and of his ministrations there, as also at 
Maidenhead. His journal is printed in the Pennsylvania Maga- 
Riis Volek 

P. 261: Oct. 1, 1704: “Preached at Maidenhead and yn did 
the Inhabitants sign a letter to my Lord 
of London. I discoursed with some Sab- 
batarians; bapt. three children.” 

P. 266: Nov. 7, 1705: “I set out to Hopewell & preached at 
Tho. Tyndals.”’ 

P.271: Dec. 8, 1706: “Went out of town (Burlington) wt. 
Tho. Tyndal and left my horses at ye 
widow Watsons at the (Assanpink) 
Creek. 

P. 271: Dec. 9, 1706: “Preached at Hopwell & bapt. 1.” 

P. 273: Mar. 10, 1706: “Left Burlington & arrived at Tho. 
Tyndals.” 

P. 274: April 23, 1706: “Whit sunday I preached at Hopewell 
Ch. Ld. Cornbury pnt.” 

P. 274: April 25, 1706: “Lay at Andrew Heaths.” 


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BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN HOPEWELL 


It would appear that Sharpe was very active in missionary 
work, not only in the Jerseys but also in New York, and other 
sections of the country. He appears often to have officiated in 
Christ Church, Philadelphia, and in Trinity Church, New York 
City, as also at Burlington, Hopewell, Maidenhead, Amboy and 
Elizabeth Town. 


THE ORIGINAL OF AN ANCIENT DOCUMENT COMES TO LIGHT 


There was printed in the State Gazette, May 25, 1881, a copy 
of an “old and interesting document’ relating to the establish- 
ment of an Episcopal church in Hopewell. The same constitutes 
a royal license to build a church issued by “Richard Ingoldsby, 
Lieutenant-Governor of her Majesty’s Provinces of New Jersey, 
New Yorke,” under date 1705, and 1s countersigned “J. Bass.” 
The document was addressed to Thomas Tindall, Roger Parke, 
Robert Eaton and Andrew Heath. (See, for sketches of above, 
Appendix H: 4, 5, 6.) 


State Gazette 
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1881 (3-2) 


Old and Interesting Document. The document of which the 
following is a copy, represents the first establishment of the 
Episcopal Church of Trenton, New Jersey. It was located on a 
part of the 5,000 acres taken up by Thomas Hutchinson, known 
as “Hutchinson’s Manor,” which had then, by the death of 
Thomas, fallen to his only son, John Hutchinson. Part of its 
walls are still standing on a hill a short distance beyond the 
State Lunatic Asylum. It was used by the Episcopalians until 
the building of their church (St. Michael’s) in Trenton. 

It is worthy of note that Thomas Tindall was most prominent 
in its establishment and erection, and was one of its first wardens. 

Thomas Hutchinson (the proprietor) had only one son, 
“John,” here named. John had two sons, Marmaduke and 
Isaac. Marmaduke did not attain manhood. 

Isaac was living in Trenton in 1749, after which all trace is 
lost of him, and of the descendants of Thomas Hutchinson. 


THE “LYCENSE TO BUILD 


Richard Ingoldsby Esquire, Lieut. Governor, of her Majes- 
ties Provinces of New Jersey, New Yorke, and all the Territories 
&c. depending thereon, in America &c. 


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HISTORY, OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


To Thomas Tindall, Roger Parke, Robert Eaton and Andrew 
Heath, Greeting. 

Whereas several of the Inhabitants of the Township of 
Hopewell, in Her majesty Province of New Jersey, out of a 
pious designe, to promote the honor of God, and the advance- 
ment of the Protestant religion, and Church of England, as by 
law established; and in order thereunto, have purchased a con- 
venient Tract of Land of John Hutchinson, deceased, as by the 
deed of sale thereof, bearing date, the twentieth day of april 
Anno Dom. 1703, for the erecting and building a house, for the 
more decent worshipping of God, according to the usages afore- 
said; and have by voluntary contributions, begun to erect and 
build the same; for which they have also desired my Lycense. 

These are therefore to Lycense, authorise or impower you, or 
any three or more of you, to erect and build, upon the said 
Tract of Land, as purchased, as aforesaid; a church or place for 
the more decent worshipping of God, according to the forme 
and worship, of the Church of England as by law established; 
as also to take and receive such gifts and Contributions, as well 
disposed people, shall voluntarily bestow, for the said pious 
designe. Hereby appointing ye said Thomas Tindall & Robert 
Eaton to be church wardens, of the said church; to be called by 
the name of “Christ Church”’; for the year next ensuing. 

Giving hereby, and Granting unto you; in conjunction, with 
the minister and vestry, of the said church, all such power and 
privileges, as the minister, Church wardens and vestrymen, 
usually have and enjoy in the Kingdom of England. 

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seale, 
the third day of April, Anno Reg. Regn Anna Nunc Anatic &c. 
—Anno Dom. 1705. 

Ricu INcoLpsBy 
By his honnors Commd. 
J. BASS. 


A facsimile of the original document 1s printed in History of 
St. Michael’s by Miss S. Ella De Cou, (privately printed at the 
Holmes Press in Philadelphia, 1926). The instrument does not 
appear on record in the office of the Secretary of State of New 
Jersey. In form and language it closely parallels other examples 
of the same period. (See AAA Commissions, p. 139.) 

The statement was previously made that a church was built 
in 1704 1n the township of Hopewell for the use of the Church of 


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BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN HOPEWELL 


England colonists and that this was the first Christian church 
erected in these parts, and that from this congregation sprang 
what was afterwards St. Michael’s Parish. 


THE LOCATION OF THE HOPEWELL CHURCH 


The location of the land whereon this church was built lies 
some five hundred yards back from the Trenton Junction road, a 
little to the west of the property now belonging to the New 
Jersey State Hospital, being a part of what is now known as the 
“Breese farm.” 

It is due to the diligent and scholarly investigation of the 
Rev. Dr. George H. Ingram (stated clerk of the Presbytery of 
New Brunswick), the results of which were published i7 extenso 
in the Trenton Evening Times, July 22, 1912, that the references 
were first collated which establish these facts beyond contro- 
versy. 

Dr. Ingram concludes his citation of authorities by declaring: 


that the Hopewell Church erected on the lot deeded by Hutch- 
inson in 1703 belonged to the Church of England. And while 
there is not entire unambiguity as to the date it seems very 
probable that the building was erected by 1704. And what is 
more, coming generations should know that this is the site of 
Trenton’s first tabernacle for the worship of Almighty God. 
Crude though it may have been, to this altar in the wilderness 
men of God came across the seas to minister. The paths through 
the forests converged at this house of prayer. And down on the 
river below on worship days the prows of the boats coming from 
the various settlements up and down the Delaware pointed to 
the bank over against this holy place. 


SALE OF THE HOPEWELL CHURCH PROPERTY 


Nothing is known as to the character of the original building 
or how long it continued to be used as a place of worship. As the 
first church building of the parish, subsequently known as St. 
Michael’s, was not erected much earlier than 1748, it is probable 
that the Hopewell church was abandoned about that time, being 
suffered to fall into decay as ministering to a dwindling congre- 
gation, the majority of which tended to live near the village. 
The property was sold by St. Michael’s Church in 1838, the 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


parish retaining only a small portion where there was an old 
burying plot. 

The Minutes of the Vestry for 1837 and 1838 give the details 
relating to the sale of the property. 


Meeting of the Vestry, September 18, 1837 


Mr. (John) Mershon, Warden, stated that there was a Lot of 
Land near Mr. George Woodruff supposed to contain two Acres 
belonging to the Church, which had formerly been occupied as 
a Burial Ground and that an offer had been made by Mr. Ralph 
Lanning (whose lands it adjoins) to purchase it. Whereupon 
Messrs. (Wm.) Kerwood & (Joshua) Hollingshead were ap- 
pointed to investigate the title of the Church to said Land and 
also to confer with Mr. Lanning and report to the Vestry at 
their next meeting. 


Meeting of the Vestry, Monday evening, October 23, 1837 


The Committee on the Lot of land near Mr. Woodruff be- 
longing to the Church were directed to sell the same on the 
best terms they could, providing the sum is not less than $100., 
reserving the ground occupied by the graves of .. . 


Meeting of the Vestry, December 2, 1837 


The Committee on the lot recommended that it be sold to Mr. 
Lanning for $100., “reserving all that part of said Lot which is 
now enclosed by a Stone Wall.” Agreed to, and Mr. Wood was 
requested to write a deed to same. 


Meeting of the Vestry, March 6, 1838 


Copy of the Deed to Ralph Lanning signed by John Mershon, 
clerk of the Vestry of St. Michael’s Church, dated May 14, 
1838, consideration, $100., 2 Acres commonly called the 
“Grave Yard Lot” reserving thereout all that parcel now en- 
closed by a Stone Wall, and which enclosure contains the 
Graves of Samuel Tucker and others and measures 32 feet by 
27 feet 6 inches. (Ralph Lanning of Ewing Township, Mercer 
Co.) (For text of deed, see Appendix G: 3.) 


In the same article in the Trenton Evening Times, previously 
referred to, Dr. Ingram gives the following description of the 
plot as he viewed it at the time: 


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BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN HOPEWELL 


The two-acre plot has dwindled away until now it is only as 
large as a good sized cemetery lot. In the center there is a wild- 
cherry tree that has possibly seen two score years. At its foot 
are the two Tucker slabs and a few others with broken inscrip- 
tions. Tradition says that Mrs. William Trent, the wife of the 
founder of Trenton, sleeps in one of the unmarked graves. The 
tomb of Samuel Tucker is marked 1789 while that of his wife 
bears date of 1787. He was a noted man, holding many posi- 
tions of responsibility: sheriff of Hunterdon county, amember of 
the provincial assembly, president of the provincial congress of 
New Jersey, a justice of the Supreme Court and to complete the 
list, treasurer of the state of New Jersey. (See Appendix I: 5.) 


ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AS TO THE CHARACTER 
OF THE HOPEWELL CHURCH 


But apart from the evidence heretofore submitted the facts 
as to the character of the Hopewell Church are otherwise sufh- 
ciently established. Most of the authorities cited are contempo- 
raneous and are in the form of letters written by the agents of 
the S.P.G. who were personally familiar with the local condi- 
tions since they ministered in the immediate neighborhood. 

The two quotations following are taken from the Collections 
of the Protestant Episcopal Historical Society for the year 1851 
(State Library): 


p. xxxiv: Mr. Talbot to Mr. Gillingham. 
New Castle, toth April, 1703. 


I have sent you a scheme of the present state of the Church in 
these parts as we have found in our travels; since it was drawn 
up I have gone with Mr. Keith and without him about East 
and West Jersey Preaching and baptizing several scores of men, 
women: and children encouraging them to build Churches by 
promising them in time ministers from England... . ” 


p. xxxvi: Mr. Talbot to Mr. Gillingham. 

Virginia, 3rd May, 1703. 
. . . have gone up and down in E. and W. Jersey preaching 
and baptizing and preparing the way for several Churches there. 
At Amboy they are going to build one, at Hopewell another, 
and at Shrewsbury, Col. Morris is going to build one at his own 
cost and charge, and he will endow it as he says. . 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


This letter, be it observed, is dated a few weeks subsequent 
to the filing of the Hutchinson deed, April 20, 1703, and the 
inference is that Talbot was cognizant of the fact and under- 
stood that the gift was intended to provide ground for the erec- 
tion of a church for his co-religionists. 

The two references following are from the Yournal of the 


Rev. George Keith, M.A.: 


p- 57: Mr. Talbot to Mr. Keith. 
N. York, October 20th, 1705. 


Coll. Nicholson took Bills of Mr. Bass for the money in hand 
£70 Pennsylvania money, and he gave it all to the churches in 
these Provinces, with Bills of Exchange to make it up £100 
sterling, Besides which he subscribed to the churches to be 
erected at Hopewell Elizabethtown Amboy and Salem .... 


p. 63: Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. 

Burlington, 30th Fune, 1709. 
. . . I find in your books one Mr. Sergt. Hooke is willing to 
give the tenth of his Land to the church in Hopewell; pray let 
him send me a power and I will take care of it, and get him a 
purchaser for the rest... . 


This Sergeant Hooke 1s mentioned in Hall, History of the Pres- 
byterian Church in Trenton, (p. 3); quoting from Odmixon, Brit- 
ish Empire in America (1, p. 294). The extract reads: 


A year or two after the surrender (of the patents of the pro- 
prietaries of the Crown, 1702) Sergeant Hook purchased 3,750 
acres of land in West Jersey, and gave the tenth part of it asa 
glebe to the Church. He was a Presbyterian (?) but I suppose 
glebe is as consistent with that denomination as any other. 


In the Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York, 
(Vol. IV, p. 1077), fobn Chamberlain, Esq. to the Lords of Trade 
there is a note concerning the Rev. Thoroughgood Moore, a mis- 
sionary of the S.P.G. who was stationed for a period at Burling- 
ton to supply the services during the absence of Talbot in Eng- 
land, 1705-1708. 

The Rev. Mr. Talbot being called to England at the time ap- 


pointed Mr. Moor to serve his church during his absence who 


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BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN HOPEWELL 


ministered sometimes at Hopewell which never had a settled 
minister though a church had been built there as early as 1700 
or 1702. ‘ 


Talbot in a letter to the S.P.G, secretary alludes to the ser- 
vices of the Rev. Mr. Moore in connection with the Hopewell 


Church. 


Keith’s Fournal, p. 63: Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. 
Burlington, 27th September 1709. 


. . . Poor Hopewell has built a church and have had no min- 
ister yet; and he had need be a good one that comes after Mr. 
Moore. 


ibid., p. 66: Mr. Talbot to the Secretary. 
Burlington, October 28th, 1714. 


In all the Province of West Jersey there was never any minister 
of Christ’s Church settled but myself. I have built three 
Churches since I came here but have nobody to keep them nor 
myself neither. . . . The Society were once upon a good reso- 
lution to send Deacons to be School Masters; if they had done 
so to Burlington, to Bristol and to Hopewell they might have 
kept the Church doors open for they could read the Prayers and 
Homilies, baptize and catechise, they could visit the sick and 
bury the dead; but now they must bury one another; they have 
nowhere to go but Quaker meetings, which are as bad as 
Indians . . . The Church at Hopewell has been built these 
ten or twelve years and never had a minister settled there yet, 
though they have sent several Petitions and Addresses to the 
Society; but I understand since, that Hopewell, Maidenhead, 
etc., were kept under the thumb for Cotton Mather and the 
rest of the New England Doctors to send their emissaries; and 
those hirelings have often come there, and as often run away, 
because they were hirelings and cared for no souls but them- 
selves. 


The following is from Bass’s History of the Church at Burling- 
ton, (1713-1714), (quoted in Hills, Hzst. Ch. in Burlington, pp. 
128, 129, 130). After references to the founding of that parish in 
1703 occurs a passage relative to the church in Hopewell. 

The Church (St. Mary’s) thus settled under the care of the Rev. 

Mr. John Talbot through the Blessing of God, on his ministry 


grew and increased so that we had subscriptions made, and the 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


foundations laid, for a church at Hopewell, in the upper part of 
the County of Burlington, which hath since been finished, 
which was for some time supplied by the Rev. Mr. May but is 
now without any minister . . . I cannot omit mentioning the 
Honorable Colonel Cox, then one of her Majesty’s Council for 
this Province, who was one of the first subscribers to our 
Church at Burlington and has given the like assistance to that 
at Hopewell, together with the assurance of settling 200 acres 
of Land, out of the nighest and most convenient part of his 
Land, contiguous to the said Church, for a glebe for the 
Minister, whenever it shall please God a missionary be sent 
over, to take care of that Church, or sooner if it be desired. . . . 


After mentioning certain gifts made by Queen Anne to the 
church in Burlington he continues (p. 133): 


She had also sent (1708) lead, and Glass Pulpit Cloths and 
Altar Cloths for the Churches of Hopewell and Salem. . . . 


The writer of the foregoing was the Hon. Jeremiah Bass, gov- 
ernor of the Province of East Jersey 1698-1700, and appointed 
attorney-general of the united provinces in 1719. He was a resi- 
dent of Burlington and a devout communicant of the Church of 
England. In his will, dated January 26, 1724, he left a legacy to 
St. Mary’s Church. A manuscript of his History of the Church at 
Burlington, in the possession of the Bishop of London, was 
copied by the Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks in 1836. 

Talbot alludes to this “History” in a letter to the S.P.G. 
October 28, 1714. 


But the History of the Church at Burlington, etc. hath been 
so much better done by Colonel Jeremiah Bass, Esq., Secretary 
to this Province, and transmitted home by the hands of the 
Honorable General Nicholson.” (Hills, Hist. Ch. in Burlington, 
p. 126.) 


On page 124 of the Fulham MS, taken from the Books of the 
S.P.G. July 1, 1724, the following appears: 

Hopewell, Maidenhead, two Churches supplied by one min- 

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COLONEL DANIEL COXE 
1673-1739 


WHOSE SON AND EXECUTOR, JOHN COXE, DEEDED THE GROUND ON 
NORTH WARREN STREET WHERE ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH STANDS 


BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN HOPEWELL 


COLONEL DANIEL COXE 


The Colonel Coxe referred to was Colonel Daniel Coxe, son of 
Dr. Danie] Coxe, Court physician to Charles II, one of the pro- 
prietors of West Jersey. Through his father Colonel Coxe was 
one of the largest land-owners in New Jersey. He was a church- 
man and one of the incorporators of St. Mary’s Church, Bur- 
lington. He was associate justice of the supreme court of New 
Jersey from 1734 until his death in Trenton, April 25, 1739. He 
was buried in St. Mary’s churchyard, Burlington. (See, for 
sketch of Colonel Daniel Coxe, Appendix H: 3.) 

Colonel Coxe was the father of John Coxe, who deeded the 
land upon which St. Michael’s Church now stands. There is no 
record that Daniel Coxe, either by will or otherwise, made a gift 
of land to the Hopewell church, as mentioned above in Bass’s 
History but in a codicil to his will there is a provision for a gift of 
100 acres known as the “Town Lot” for an Episcopal church in 
the township of Maidenhead to which further reference will be 
made. 

The original will is on file in the Secretary of State’s office, 
Trenton, (Lib. 4, p. 157). 

On page 53 of the Digest S.P.G. Records appears the following: 


. . . Thus at Hopewell a church begun by voluntary contribu- 
tions about 1704 remained vacant for ten years, saving when a 
Missionary happened to pass that way; yet the people fell not 
away, but continuing in one mind, gladly joined in the services 
whenever opportunity offered. 


Quoted from the Ecclesiastical Records of New York, Vol. III, 
p. 1950: 


The Rev. Jacob Henderson in reporting on the State of the 
Church of England in the Colonies under date of June 2, 1712, 
protests against the appointment as members of the Council of 
some new members whom he describes as dissenters, thus im- 
perilling the interest of the Church of England. In this report he 
mentions that “the Dissenters now have in that province one 
Woolsey, a New England preacher who took the Church of 
Hopewell though it was built by subscriptions of the Church of 
England men and for the service of the Church of England. 


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HISTORY OF §T. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


As evidence that in the earliest days there was a goodly num- 
ber of members belonging to the Church of England resident in 
this vicinity there is a letter from the Rev. Jonathan Odell who 
served under the S.P.G. as minister of St. Mary’s Church, Bur- 
lington, from 1767 until the time of the Revolutionary War. 


Mr. Odell to the Secretary. 
Burlington, Fuly 5, 1768. 


I think it my duty to represent to the Society the importance 
of a Mission in Trenton. There is no other Episcopal Church on 
the Great Road between Burlington and Brunswick; a distance 
of more than 40 miles. Within the memory of many Persons yet 
living, the Inhabitants of Trenton & the country for some dis- 
tance round it were chiefly Members of the Church of England; 
the few dissenters that were among them were mostly Quakers, 
a people in this Country of all Dissenters the most friendly to 
those of our Communion. . . . (Hills, Hist. Ch. in Burlington, 


pp: 294-5.) 
In Humphrey’s Historical Account of the S.P.G. 1730, (p. 274), 


there appears the following statement: | 


Hopewell and Maidenhead are two neighboring towns, con- 
taining a considerable number of families. The people of Hope- 
well showed a very early desire of having the Church of England 
worship settled among them; and in the year 1704 built a 
Church with voluntary contributions though they. had no pros- 
pect then of having a Minister. The Rev. Mr. May was there 
some short time, but Mr. Talbot from Burlington often visited 
them. This Church was for ten years vacant. In 1720 the Rev. 
Mr. Harrison was appointed Missionary there with charge of 
Maidenhead, but soon wrote the Society that he was not able 
to undergo the fatigue of constantly riding between two places 
and in 1723 he removed to a Church in Staten Island. 


BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS CITED OR CONSULTED 
FOR THE EARLY PERIOD 


The sources upon which the three foregoing chapters are 
based are fragmentary in their character, the materials being 
scattered through various books and documents. Chief among 
these are: 4 Classified Digest of the Records of the Society for the 
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, (1701-1892, 5th edi- 


saat] 


BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN HOPEWELL 


tion, London 1895); fournal of the Rev. George Keith M.A.; Four- 
nal of the Rev. fohn Sharpe; Humpbrey’s Historical Account of the 
S.P.G. 1730; Hills, History of the Church in Burlington (2nd edi- 
tion 1885); Smith, History of the State of New Fersey (1765 reprint 
1890); Collections of the Protestant Epsicopal Society, for the year 
1851; Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York; 
Deeds and Wills on file in the secretary of state’s office, Trenton; 
Godfrey, Original Researches; The Minutes of the Vestry of St. 
Michael's Church Trenton; Hall, History of the Presbyterian 
Church in Trenton (2nd edition 1912); Documents Relating to the 
Colonial History of New Fersey (1677-1776); The Ecclesiastical 
Records of New York; Field, Provincial Courts of New ‘fersey; 
Nelson, Church Records in New ‘Fersey; Archives of the State of 
New ‘Fersey; Watson’s, Annals of Philadelphia; Volumes of The 
Pennsylouania Magazine; Lee, Genealogical and Personal Memo- 
rial of Mercer County; Lee, History of Trenton; Keasbey, Courts 
and Lawyers of New Fersey. 


Rae eell 


Con Pag a nde (HA 
MISSIONARIES SERVING THE HOPEWELL CHURCH 
1704-1745 
T would appear that the church in Hopewell had to depend 


for the most part upon the occasional services of S.P.G. mis- 
sionaries or sundry itinerants as such were available. For long 
periods there were evidently no regular services held and the 
congregations must have become discouraged and fallen into 
careless habits. Doubtless the more religiously inclined, during 
the intervals when their church was closed for lack of ministra- 
tions, would attend the services of the Presbyterians, either in 
the Ewing Church or the Maidenhead (Lawrenceville) Church, 
whichever was most convenient. 

As for pastoral offices such as baptisms, marriages and burials 
the services of the settled ministers at Burlington could probably 
be had. Indeed, as previously shown, there is evidence of such 
ministrations in the earliest records of St. Mary’s Church. 

From the S.P.G. records and other sources it is possible to 
supply the names of those who ministered to the Hopewell con- 
gregation together with the approximate dates of their periods 
of service. 


Name Periods of Service 

Rev. John Talbot *T1705—-1723 
Rev. John Sharpe *TI705— 
Rev. Thoroughgood Moore #1 1705-1707 
Rev. Mr. May *tbefore 1714 
Rev. Thomas Halliday 

Elizabethtown, Hopewell *TI7I4—-1717 
Rev. Robert Walker 

Hopewell and Maidenhead *TI715—-1718 
Rev. William Harrison 

Hopewell and Amwell * 1721-1723 
Rev. William Lindsay * 1735-1745 

* MISSIONARY tT OCCASIONALLY 


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MISSIONARIES 


Of the foregoing there is little detailed knowledge except in the 
case of the Rev. John Talbot, whose complete life and labors are 
set forth in Hills’ History of the Church in Burlington and to whose 
memory the book is inscribed. 

Of the Rev. Thoroughgood Moore something may be gathered 
from various sources. In the First Report of the Bureau of Ar- 
chives, Province of Ontario, 1903 (Vol. II, p. 1556), appears a 
short sketch of his career: 


THE REV. THOROUGHGOOD MOORE 


The Rev. Thoroughgood Moore was a native of England. He 
arrived in the Autum of 1704, in New York, whence he pro- 
ceeded to Albany. . . . He returned to New York in 1705. The 
Rev. Mr. Talbot, of Burlington, N.J., being called to England, 
at the time, on business, appointed Mr. Moore to serve his 
church during his absence, who ministered some time in Hope- 
well—which never had a settled minister,—though a church 
had been built there as early as 1700 or 1702. Mr. Moore also 
began, about this time, a church at Bristol, Pa. During his so- 
journ at Burlington, he became so scandalized at the conduct of 
Lieutenant-Governor Ingoldsby, that he refused to admit him 
to the Lord’s Supper, and was cast into jail in consequence. 
Having contrived his escape, he fled, in company with the Rev. 
Mr. Brooks of Elizabethtown, to Boston where he met Mr. Tal- 
bot, then on his return from England. . . . (He) sailed from 
Marblehead in November, 1707, and literally ‘“‘sunk in the sea.” 
The vessel in which they were passengers foundered during the 
voyage, and neither they or any of the crew, or any wreck of the 
ship, were ever heard of after. Mr. Moore was much lamented 
by those who knew him, being (says Mr. Basse) a person of 
morals, meekness, piety and charity. (Humphrey, Historical 
Account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, pp. 287- 
g1; Collections of the Protestant Episcopal Society for 1851, 57, 
60, *63, *64, °67, "70; New York Documentary History, Col. 
Dockie yh, 1077>) 


In Hills, History of the Church in Burlington, (pp. 71-90), 
there appears a circumstantial account of the causes of the 
trouble between the Rev. Mr. Moore and the governmental 
authorities, of which the following represents a much condensed 
summary: 


Evesye sal 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


The Rev. Thoroughgood Moore who during the absence of 
Talbot in England, 1705-1708, had charge of St. Mary’s Church, 
Burlington, was the victim of personal spite on the part of Lord 
Cornbury, the governor. On the trumped-up charge of fomenting 
disaffection to the government he was seized, transported to 
New York, and lodged as a prisoner in Fort Anne. The facts 
seem to be that he had incurred the wrath of Lord Cornbury by 
his outspoken criticism of the governor, in his attempt to dictate 
in ecclesiastical matters. Moreover, Moore had repelled from the 
communion lieutenant-governor Ingoldsby on the ground that 
he had expressed in private conversation with himself sentiments 
which Moore interpreted as unchristian and as thus disqualify- 
ing him for the reception of the sacrament. It appears according 
to the story, that Moore had asked Ingoldsby “if he had so much 
patience and christian temper as to take a box on the ear without 
resentment or returning the injury.” Ingoldsby replied that “he 
neither would nor could take such an affront from any man 
without a due resentment.” On the next occasion when the com- 
munion was celebrated in St. Mary’s Church, by the Rev. Mr. 
Moore, he informed the lieutenant-governor during the service 
that if he was still of the same mind not to approach the Holy 
Table, for in case he did so the sacrament would be refused to 
him. If this was the whole case the action on Mr. Moore’s part 
was certainly somewhat drastic and naturally caused a scandal ~ 
in the congregation and in the colony and Moore was charged 
with arrogantly exceeding his priestly commission. 

Both Cornbury and Ingoldsby appear to have been heartily 
detested in the colony of New Jersey, and the former especially 
was charged with tyranny, flagrant personal immorality, and for 
failure to pay his just debts. Colonel Morris in a letter to the 
secretary of the S.P.G. written in 1707, denounced Lord Corn- 
bury in unmeasured terms as “a notorious breaker of his word” 
and “avowedly and openly unjust, in everybody’s debt that 
would trust him.” He declared “that the scandal of his life was 
such that were he in a Heathen Country he would be by the 
public Justice made an example to deter others from his prac- 
tices. 

The assembly of New Jersey, in 1707, addressed a long remon- 
strance to Cornbury against his tyranny and other misde- 


Baseh 


MISSIONARIES 


meanors, and specifically mentions his treatment of the Rev. 
Mr. Moore. Soon afterwards Cornbury was removed by Queen 
Anne and Lord Lovelace appointed in his stead. 


THE REV. JOHN SHARPE 


In addition to his Journal previously quoted from there are 
several allusions to the Rev. John Sharpe in letters of Talbot 
from which certain facts may be gleaned. It appears that Talbot 
in 170g associated Sharpe with himself in his missionary labors. 
Thus Talbot writes to Keith under date of October 28, 1705: 

. . . Mr. Sharp and I have gone the rounds several times from 

Burlington to Amboy, to Hopwell, to Elizabeth Town, to Stat- 

en Island in our turns, with good success, God be blessed, in all 

places. He has gathered a Church himself at Cheesquaks, where 

he preached several times and baptized about forty persons. ... 

(Hills, Hist. Ch. in Burlington, p. 57.) 

Sharpe’s name appears joined with those of other clergymen 
in an address to the officials of the S.P.G. dated Burlington, 
November 2, 1705. (¢bid., p. 62) 

Sharpe is also mentioned in the correspondence of the Rev. 
Thoroughgood Moore from which it would appear that he was 
then (1710) acting as chaplain to the Queen’s forces in New 
York (ibid., p. 70) 

A note in regard to William Bradford, the printer of the first 
edition of the Book of Common Prayer printed on this continent, 
1710, says that 

In 1704 the wardens of Trinity Church (New York) lent him 

(Bradford) £30 or £40 for six months, for purchasing paper to 

print Comon Prayer Book ... and the Rev. John Sharp, 

Chaplain of the Queen’s forces became his security. (247d., p. 337) 


THE REV. THOMAS HALLIDAY 


The Rev. Thomas Halliday, who seems to have ministered in 
the Hopewell Church as an itinerant, had previously served St. 
Peter’s Church, Perth Amboy (1711-1713). From the account 
given of his behavior in The History of St. Peter’s Church (1924, 
pp. 40-1), he seems to have been a man unworthy of his calling. 
He was quarrelsome and addicted to the use of strong liquor. At 
a vestry meeting he threw a decanter of wine at the head of one 


BOF] 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


of the wardens for which outrageous assault the doors of the 
church were bolted against him. He was subsequently removed 
from his office by the Rev. Mr. Barclay, the S.P.G. commissary 
and subsequently rector of Trinity Church, New York. 


THE REV. ROBERT WALKER 


Of Robert Walker we learn from a letter of the secretary of the 
S.P.G. to Talbot dated October 28, 1714, that the missive was 
sent by 


The Rev. Robert Walker, who was dispatched to Burlington, 
for the care of that place in Mr. Talbot’s sickness and as his suc- 
cessor in case of his removal, with the provisional charge of 


New Bristol and Hopewell. (Hills, Hist. Ch. in Burlington, p. 39) 
In 1716 Talbot wrote to the Secretary complaining 


I have not had the favor of a letter, though I have sent several 
since Mr. Walker arrived. (zbzd., p. 146.) 


THE REV. WILLIAM HARRISON 


Little or nothing can be discovered as to the Rev. William 
Harrison, beyond the information to the effect that he was ap- 
pointed in 1720 missionary at Hopewell “with care of Maiden- 


head.” 


THE REV. WILLIAM LINDSAY 


Of the Rev. William Lindsay only the following scanty facts 


are available: 


William Lindsay, M.A. Glasgow University. To America 1733; 
returned for ordination. Itinerant: Bristol, Pa. 1735-45. 
Trenton, Amwell, etc. 1735-45. (Missionary Roll, S.P.G. 
1702-1892, p. 855.) 

The Rev. Mr. Lindsay in writing (1736) mentions having been 
to Trenton of which he says “It is a pretty large town and in the 
great country about it, there are several of the Communion of 
the Church of England.” In 1739 he reported that there were 
Ig communicants in Trenton. (Parker, Historical Sketches, 
pp. 108-13.) 

Of the Rev. Mr. May (no Christian name given) there is only 


Bee loxe) 


MISSIONARIES 


a passing mention in Bass’s History of the Church at Burlington 
from which it is uncertain exactly when he served and for how 
long a period. 


THE REV. MICHAEL HOUDIN 


At the time when the churchmen living in or near the village 
of Trenton formed a congregation, say 1745-1747, and proceeded 
to erect a church building, there would appear to benosettled min- 
ister, but shortly afterwards, certainly as early as 1750, the Rev. 
Michael Houdin was in charge and he must have remained for 
at least seven years, since he and Pontius Stelle were witnesses 
of the will of Daniel Coxe, III, January 25, 1757. The minutes of 
the vestry April 20, 1755, speak of “the minister, Church War- 
dens and Vestry of the Church of Trenton.”’ What is known con- 
cerning this first settled pastor will be duly detailed at a later 
point in the narrative. 

We now leave the Hopewell Church and proceed to consider 
its outgrowth and continuation in the parish of St. Michael’s. 


eden 


CAPT Ray 


ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH FORMED AND 
CHURCH ERECTED 
1745-1748 

N what year the congregation, properly known as St. 
B Michael’s, was formed, cannot be exactly determined. The 
minutes of the vestry so far as they have been preserved, do not 
go behind the year 1755, and there is nothing subsequently in 

them that serves to throw any light upon the subject. 


THE FIRST ENTRY‘ IN THE MINUPES 


The first entry in the minutes, April 30, 1755, records the 
“meeting of the minister church wardens and vestry of the 


Church of Trenton at the House of Elijah Bond this day.” A 


resolution orders: 


That the deed for the Church Lot given by Jno Cox Esqr. de- 
ceas’d be recorded And that R. L. Hooper Esqr. see the said 
Deed Recorded as Soon as possible (signed) Robert Knowles 
Clerk. 


This order could not have been carried out, or if so the docu- 
ment subsequently disappeared, since at a meeting of the vestry 
held sixty-six years later, May 28, 1821, there is a reference to 
the action of the vestry taken in 1755. 


AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING THE DEED 


Whereas it appears by the minutes of the vestry April 3oth 
A.D. 1755 that Robert L. Hooper Esq was directed to have the 
Deed for the Lot given by John Cox Esqr recorded as soon as 
possible which Deed is mislaid, and has never been in the pos- 
session of this Corporation, and whereas it is the opinion of 
several that encroachments have been made on said Lot. 
Therefore be it Resolved that P. F. Glentworth and Thomas 
Gordon be a Committee to make enquiry concerning this Deed 
and to ascertain whether it is on record and that if on record to 


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ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH FORMED 


procure an exemplification of it, if the original cannot be found: 
and they are hereby directed to have the Lot (on which the 
Church is erected) surveyed and a plan made of the size of the 
boundary as now inclosed, that if the said Deed cannot be 
found, and it is not on record, that future encroachments may 
be prevented. 


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 
Meeting of the Vestry, Monday, May 6, 1822 


We the Subscribers, a Committee of the Vestry of St. 
Michael’s Church, appointed to make a survey and to ascertain 
the boundaries of the Lot of the said Church, make report and 
certify as follows: 


That on the 25th day of March last we made a Survey and 
actual measurement of the Lot of the said Church and found 
the course and dimensions of said Lot as now held in possession 
as follows, 







In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this Twenty 
day of April, A.D. 1822, 


THOMAS GORDON 
P. F. GLENTWORTH 


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22PAIS VUJIAH 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Beginning at the corner of the house and Lot of Philip F. 
Howell, on the East side of Warren Street; thence (1) by said 
Street, North ten Degrees East One Hundred and thirteen feet, 
two inches to the corner of the fence and formerly corner of an 
Alley, now in possession of Wm. Potts; (2) by said Potts anda 
Lot of Samuel Paxson, South eighty degrees and twenty min- 
utes East one hundred and sixty one feet, four inches to a post; 
(3) by the rear line of ye Brew House Property, South six de- 
grees and thirty minutes West one hundred and fourteen feet, 
six inches to the Corner of said Howell’s lot; (4) by said Lot 
North eighty degrees West, one hundred and sixty-seven feet, 
six inches to the beginning; containing thirty-six hundredths of 
an Acre, whereof the following is a true representation: 


This map may be assumed to represent substantially the loca- 
tion and dimension of the plot originally deeded by John Coxe. 

An old stone slab now emplaced in the exterior wall of the 
south tower, and which previously had covered the tomb of the 
Coxe family in the aisle of the church, bears the following in- 
scription: 

This slab formerly covered the vault of the Coxe Family over 

which the Building was extended 1846-7 


John Coxe 
Dicdiig se 


Daniel Cox 
Died 1758 


Rebecca Coxe 
Died 1802 


The following was subsequently added: 


Children of Colonel Daniel Coxe, a large landowner and promi- 
nent Churchman, died 1739. His son and Executor John Coxe 
deeded the ground on which this Church stands. 


JOHN COXE PURCHASED LAND AT SHERIFF'S SALE 


A recent research made by Counsellor William J. Backes, the 
well-known title expert, proves that the land on which St. Mi- 
chael’s Church stands (deeded to the parish by John Coxe— 
deed missing) was bought by John Coxe at a public sale held by 
David Martin, high sheriff of Hunterdon County, on October 27, 


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ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH FORMED 


1742, the price paid being 48 pounds and Io shillings. The deed 
is dated March 17, 1743. (See Deeds E. F. page 448, Office Sec- 
retary of State). This property was formerly owned by James 
Neilson to whom it was conveyed by deed from James Trent, the 
eldest son of Colonel William Trent, January 29, 1729. (See 
Deeds E. F. page 358, Office Secretary of State). This plot was a 
portion of the property included in the original purchase by 
Colonel William Trent from Mahlon Stacy, Jr., in 1714. This 
effectually disposes of the assumption, long current, that St. Mi- 
chael’s Church acquired the land from Daniel Coxe, father of 
John Coxe, since it is evident the elder Coxe never owned the 
land in question. 


THE TITLE ST. MICHAEL'S 


When and upon what occasion the name “St. Michael,” as 
designating the parish, was adopted, does not appear. If the 
Hopewell Church bore the name “Christ Church,” as thus de- 
scribed in the “Lycense to Build,” in 1705, then, when the new 
Church was built in Trenton some forty years later, a new title 
must have been adopted. The probabilities are that the usual 
ecclesiastical custom in such cases was followed, and the name 
was chosen because it was upon the Feast of St. Michael and 
All Angels, which falls upon September 29, that the cornerstone 
was laid, or the building perhaps dedicated. 

The title was not used in the first minutes, 1755, the record 
reading as follows: ““The minister church wardens and vestry of 
the Church of Trenton.” It was not until 1761 that the designa- 
tion “St. Michael’s Church” appears on the minutes, though 
subsequently that title is the one commonly employed. 

In other documents of the period it seemed to be sufficient for 
purposes of identification to say the “English Church,” or sim- 
ply “the Church.” 

In colonial days a parish of the Established Church of England 
would be technically known as the “church,” in contradistince- 
tion to the “meeting house” which was the ordinary expression 
used to describe the place of worship of a dissenting body. 
Popularly, perhaps, “meeting house” was applied indifferently 
to all places of worship. 


ey ent 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


THE ORIGINAL CHURCH BUILDING 


As to the date when the church building was erected, there is 
no definite information. Peter Kalm in his “Trave/s into North 
America’ (Edition MDCCLXX, page 220), in giving a short 


description of Trenton under date of October 28, 1748, writes: 


It has two small churches, one for the people belonging to the 
church of England and the other for the presbyterians. . . . 


Stryker, Trenton One Hundred Years Ago, (p. 12), has the 
following: 

. . . Crossing Church alley (going down east side of King 

Street) we find the English Church now St. Michael’s Episcopal 

Church. It was built in 1750 and a part of the old edifice is still 

preserved. 


A LOTTERY TO FINISH THE CHURCH 


In the New Fersey Archives (Vol. XIX, p. 79), there is a refer- 
ence taken from the Pennsylvania Gazette, June 20, 1751, giving 
particulars as to the Trenton lottery “for raising Three Hundred 
and ninety-three pounds Fifteen shillings for finishing and com- 
pleting the Church in said town.” Subsequent references to the 
same matter follow, by which it would appear that the lottery 
was not drawn until the late Spring of 1752. (See Appendix J.) 

As to the approximate date of the building of the church, we 
may perhaps place the beginning of the work in the autumn of 
1747, for Kalm on October 28, 1748, noted its existence, but the 
building probably was not fully completed until 1751 or 1752. 


THE CHURCH BUILDING 


There is nothing to show the size or character of the building, 
or its approximate cost. Probably it was a very simple affair, 
perhaps of wooden construction (Stryker says “brick’’), for the 
congregation must have been small, and their means meagre. 

The first intimation as to any improvement and addition to 
the structure 1s found in the minutes of the vestry meeting, held 
April 25, 1774, when Daniel Coxe and John Barnes, who had 


been appointed a committee to build a cupola reported that 


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ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH FORMED 


. they have agreed with John Rozell to erect a cupola and 
gallery and compleat the whole for the sum of seventy pounds, 
including materials and painting. 


The work can hardly have progressed very rapidly, since a 
year later at a vestry meeting held April 24, 1775, the same com- 
mittee was appointed 


. . . Toenquire whether the carpenter who undertook to build 
a cupola and a gallery in the Church had begun the same and 
what progress is made therein & report the same as soon as 
may be. 


There is no further mention of the matter, either because the 
work was completed, or if otherwise, perhaps because the war of 
the Revolution put a temporary stop to plans for any improve- 
ments. 


THE MISSING CHARTER 


That the parish was not originally incorporated is apparent 
from an entry in the minutes of February 28, 1773, wherein the 
following statement appears: 


The Congregation being under great inconvenience for want of 
a Charter of Incorporation, and it being apprehended that his 
Excelly the Gov. will cheerfully grant a Charter it is agreed and 
ordered that Dan. Coxe & Isaac Allen be a committee to pre- 
pare and draw up a Charter and Petition as soon as possible & 
Report the same to the Vestry. 


That there was some delay in the matter 1s evident from the 
following entry for April 25, 1774; where it 1s provided that 


Mr. Coxe and Mr. Allen is continued a committee to prepare 
and draw up a Charter and Petition to his Exy the governor for 
incorporating this Church as soon as possible and report the 
same to the vestry. 


Again in the minutes for April 24, 1775, there 1s a further 
reference to the matter: 

Mr. Allen and Mr. Coxe continued as a committee to prepare a 

Charter as before ordered and Mr. How is added to the said 

committee for the purpose afsd. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


No charter seems to have been granted as the result of these 
efforts, and nothing further appears upon the minutes until 1795. 

Perhaps the difficulty in obtaining a charter in colonial days 
may be explained by the following passage taken from Church 
Records in New Fersey by William Nelson, p. 13, n.: 


The course of Gov. Jonathan Belcher in granting patents of in- 
corporation to religious bodies not of the Church of England was 
severely criticised by members of the latter denomination. A 
writer in a Philadelphia newspaper, in 1768, says: “During a 
late Administration, the Province of New-Jersey, saw and felt 
the Effects of Presbyterian Power; her seats of justice, &c. 
Commissions of the Peace, were preferably conferred upon 
them; their Meeting houses, which now they affect to call 
churches, were every where incorporated, while Charters were 
denied, not only to Churches (meaning of the Church of 
England, or Protestant Episcopal), as by Law established, but 
to other Dissenters, who had equal right with Presbyterians.” 
(See New Fersey Archives, Vol. XVIII, pp. 269, 276-84, for a 
legal opinion in 1772 as to the legal status of the Presbyterian 
clergy in the Colonies.) 


Possibly the long delay in securing a Charter during the post- 
war period is found in the unsettled state of the times, the war 
of the Revolution and the change of government operating to 
render an application for the same injudicious, owing to popular 
prejudice against the church as of English origin. 

Positive action, however, was taken in the matter of securing 
a charter in 1795, as shown by the following entry: 


... Ata Meeting of the Congregation of St. Michael’s Church 
held on Monday the 26th day of October, 1795. 

Pursuant to due Notice given by Advertisements set up in 
three or more public places within the City of Trenton, for the 
purpose of incorporating the said congregation and appointing 
Trustees to take care of the Temporalities of the said Church— 
It was unanimously agreed that the said congregation should be 
incorporated and the same is accordingly incorporated under 
the authority of an Act of Assembly passed on the 16th day of 
March 1786.! 


1An Act to incorporate certain Persons as Trustees in every religious Society or 
Congregation in the State; for transacting the temporal concerns thereof. Passed at 


Trenton, March 16, 1786. 
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ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH FORMED 


The Trustees to be appointed annually at the election held 
for the appointment of Wardens, Vestry & other officers—and 
to be known in law by the name of “The Trustees of St. 
Michaels Church in Trenton.” 

Charles Axford 

Abraham G. Claypoole 

Richard Throckmorton—were 
appointed to be Trustees ’till the next annual Election and did 
accordingly assume the name & title of ““Trustees of said 
Church” in form following— 

We the subscribers, having been this day duly elected and 
appointed by the congregation of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church in Trenton, Trustees of the said Church, agreeably to 
an Act of Assembly of the State of New Jersey, passed on the 
sixteenth day of March, Seventeen hundred and eighty six, 
Do for ourselves & our successors forever, take and assume the 
name of “The Trustees of St. Michael’s Church in Trenton.” 
Witness our hands and seals the twenty sixth day of October, 
Seventeen hundred and ninety five. 


CHARLES AXFORD [SEAL] 
A. G. CLAYPOOLE [SEAL] 
Rp. THROCKMORTON [SEAL] 


THE CHARTER DISAPPEARS 


Presumably the incorporation was duly effected at that time, 


but, if so, the instrument, if placed on file in the secretary of 


state’s office, disappeared later, for in the minutes of the vestry, 
August 29, 1817, it was reported that the Charter was missing 


and 


C. Higbee, G. D. Wall and Z. Rossell were appointed a com- 
mittee to search the records of the State for sd. Charter— 
procure a copy of the same and take such other measures as 
they may deem proper to effect that purpose. 


On January 1 of the following year (1818) at a meeting called 
by the rector to enquire into the progress of the Committee on 
the Charter, the following appears: 


Whereupon the Charter Committee reported that they had 
searched the State Records with care and could discover no 
mention of a Charter for St. Michael’s Church—it was then 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


ordered that the said Committee should prepare and draw up 
a Bill and present it to the next Legislature praying for a 
Charter of incorporation for said Church. 


The following special act was passed by the legislature Janu- 
ary 28, 1818: 


THE CHARTER OF I818 


AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PRroTEsTANT EpiscopaAL CHURCH 
oF St. MICHAEL’S, IN THE CITY OF TRENTON. 


Sec. 1. Be rr ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of 
this state, and it 1s hereby enacted by the authority of the same, 
That the persons now acting and officiating as rector, church- 
wardens and vestry-men of the Protestant Episcopal church of 
St. Michael’s, in the city of Trenton, and their successors, duly 
elected, in manner hereinafter prescribed by this act, shall be, 
and they are hereby made and constituted a corporation and 
body politic, in law and in fact, to have continuance forever, by 
the name and title of “The rector, church-wardens and vestry- 
men, of the Protestant Episcopal church of St. Michael’s, in the 
city of Trenton.” 


Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation and their 
successors, by the name and title aforesaid, shall forever here- 
after be able and capable, in law, to purchase, have, receive, 
take, hold and enjoy in fee simple, or any less or other estate or 
estates, any lands, tenements, rents, liberties, privileges, fran- 
chises or other hereditaments; and also, goods, chattels, monies, 
legacies, donations or other estate whatever, given or granted 
to the said church, in any manner or way whatever, and 
further, that all the estate real, personal or mixed, now be- 
longing to, or held by the said church, or to which the said 
church is in any manner entitled, shall be vested in and held 
by the said corporation, and their successors, forever, as fully, 
to all intents and purposes as if the same had been granted, 
conveyed, assigned, given, bequeathed or made to the said cor- 
poration: And also, that the said rector, church-wardens and 
vestry-men, of the Protestant Episcopal church of St. Michael’s, 
in Trenton, and their successors, shall and may give, grant, 
demise, assign, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of their 
messuages, houses, lands tenements, rents, possessions and 
other hereditaments and real estate, and all goods, chattels and 
personal estate and other things aforesaid, as to them shall seem 


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ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH FORMED 


meet; and also, that the said rector, church-wardens and vestry- 
men of the Protestant Episcopal church of St. Michael’s in 
Trenton, be, and forever shall be, able and capable in law, to 
sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be an- 
swered, defend, and be defended in all courts of judicature 
whatsoever, and all and every other matter and thing therein 
to do, in as full and effectual a manner, as any other person or 
persons, body politic or corporate, in this state, in the like 
cases can or may do—and that they shall have full power to 
demand and receive, and if need be, sue for and recover all 
former debts, rents and legacies, or arrearages of debts, rents or 
legacies, which are or may be due to the said church, or rector 
thereof, and to demand and take all deeds, books, writings or 
other thing which were heretofore the right and property of 
the said church, and shall and may forever hereafter have and 
use a common seal, with such, with such device or devices as 
they shall think proper and the same to break, renew or alter at 
pleasure. 


Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the rents and revenues, profits, 
funds, property, and interest of the said church and corpora- 
tion, shall by the said rector, church-wardens and vestry-men, 
and their successors of a majority of them, from time to time 
be appropriated for the maintenance and support of the rector 
and offices of the said Church, and for the necessary repairs of 
the said church, the burial ground, tenements, buildings or other 
estates which now do, or hereafter may belong to the said 
church, for re-building the same if necessary or convenient and 
to such other use, for the service of the said church as a major- 
ity of the said corporation shall deem proper. 

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said rector, church-war- 
dens, and vestry-men and their successors or a majority of 
them, shall and may make rules, bye-laws and ordinances, and 
do every thing, needful or requisite for the good government 
and support of the said church—all of which shall be entered ina 
book to be provided, and kept for that purpose: Provided, That 
the said rules, bye-laws and ordinances be not repugnant to the 
laws of this state of the United States. 

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the vestry of the said church 
shall consist of fourteen persons, in addition to the rector for the 
time being, to be elected by ballot from among those persons 
who shall appear by the books of the church, to be contributors 
to, or holders of pews or sittings in the same, on Easter Monday 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


of the present year and every year hereafter, by the major part 
of the contributors or holders of pews or sittings, met for that 
purpose: Provided however, That from and after Easter Monday 
of this present year of our Lord, no person shall be entitled to 
vote for officers, or be eligible to any office of the church (the 
office of rector excepted) who shall not appear by the books of 
the church, to have been a contributor or a holder of a pew or 
sitting, for six calendar months before such election; and in 
case of a vacancy or vacancies in the office of vestrymen or 
church-wardens of the said church, by death or otherwise, the 
vestry of the said church shall meet for the purpose of appoint- 
ing one or more (as the case may be) fit person or persons to fill 
such vacancy or vacancies; public notice of such meeting being 
given at least three days previous thereto immediately after 
divine service. 


Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the said vestry-men so elected 
shall have full power and authority to elect and choose by ballot 
two of their number, to be church-wardens, on every Easter 
Monday hereafter, to serve for one year—who shall, at the 
expiration of their office, render a just and true account to their 
successors of all monies by them received and expended during 
their office, and pay over the balance to their successors, and 
on neglect or refusal so to do, it shall be lawful for their succes- 
sors, to sue for, and recover the same, in the name of the 
corporation, in any court where the same may be cognizable 
with costs of suit. 


Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That as often as a vacancy shall 
happen in the office of minister or rector of the said church by 
death, removal or otherwise, the said vestry and wardens shall 
choose and elect (nine of them concurring in the choice) some 
fit person, duly qualified to officiate as a minister or rector of 
the said church, agreeably to the constitution of the Protestant 
Episcopal church of the United States of America; and that any 
rector of the said church, chosen as aforesaid, when present at 
the meeting of the said vestry shall be president of said meeting, 
and entitled to a casting vote, in all deliberations respecting 
their proceedings (except relating to questions in which he may 
have a particular interest), and shall not asbent himself from 
the said church (except in case of sickness or other unavoidable 
accidents), without their leave, and in case of the death or re- 
moval of the rector, then until the appointment of another, 
agreeable to the mode herein prescribed; the church-wardens 


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ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH FORMED 


for the time being, with the consent of the vestry-men, in 
vestry met, shall have the same power with respect to the col- 
lection and dispositions of the rents and interest of the said 
corporation, as are herein before vested in the rector, church- 
wardens and vestry-men, for the time being. 

A. Passed January 28, 1818. 

Reference, Laws of 1818, p. 35. 


This is the Charter with minor modifications under which the 
parish 1s operating today. 


SUBSEQUENT CHANGES IN THE CHARTER 


New Fersey Laws, 1824, p. 13: 


A Supplement to an act, entitled “An Act to incorporate the 
Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael, in the City of 
Trenton,” passed January the twenty-eighth, one thousand 
eight hundred and eighteen. 


1. Be it enacted by the Council and General Assembly of this 

State, and itis hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the 

word “fourteen” in the fifth section of the Act to which this is 

a Supplement, be repealed, and the word “seven” be substituted 

therefor; and that the word “‘nine” in the seventh Section of 

said act, be repealed, and the word “five” substituted therefor. 
C. Passed November 25, 1824. 


New Fersey Laws, 1862, Chapter LXX XIX: 


A Supplement to an act, entitled “An act to incorporate the 
Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael, in the City 
of Trenton,” passed January the twenty-eighth, one 
thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 


1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 
of New Fersey, That the word “‘fourteen” in the fifth section of 
the act to which this is a supplement, be repealed, and the 
word “eleven” be substituted therefor; and that the word 
“nine, in the seventh section of the said act, be repealed, and 
the word “seven” substituted therefor; and that a former 
supplement, making the above words “seven” and “five,” 
passed November twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and 
twenty-four, be and is hereby repealed. 
Approved March 7, 1860. 


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TRENTON AND PARISH HISTORY TO THE 
WAR OF THE REVOLUTION 


Wy em a 
ROM 1750 (about) to 1773, the parish was served by three 
ministers, or rectors, viz., the Rev. Michael Houdin, 1750- 
1757 or 1758, the Rev. Augur Treadwell, 1763-1765, and the 
Rev. William Thompson, D.D., Trenton, Maidenhead and 
Allentown, 1769-1773. 

From the departure of the Rev. Michael Houdin to the com- 
ing of the Rev. Augur Treadwell, there would appear to be a gap 
of five or six years, and from Mr. Treadwell’s death in 1765, to 
the appearance of the Rev. William Thompson in 1769, there 
was another gap of four years. Doubtless during these periods, 
when the parish was without a settled pastor, there were occa- 
sional services, as it was possible to secure the ministrations of 
“supplies.” 


EPISCOPALIANS ATTEND PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES 


It 1s also probable that St. Michael’s congregation during the 
periods when there were no services in their own church, at- 
tended those in the Presbyterian church. Indeed there 1s a record 
of vestrymen and other parishioners uniting with the Presby- 
terians in 1769 in an agreement to contribute to the salary of the 
Rev. Elihu Spencer, who was called to that Church in the above 
year. 

The following are mentioned in Hall, History of the Presby- 
terian Church in Trenton, (p. 140), as subscribers to this agree- 
ment: 

Elijah Bond, Abraham Cottnam, Isaac DeCou, Michajah 
How, Dunlap Adams, Joseph Higbee, Isaac Pearson, Daniel 
Coxe, William Pidgeon, Robert Lettis Hooper, John Clunn, 
Robert Singer and Francis Witt, all of whose names appear on 
the vestry of St. Michael’s Church during the early period. Be- 


sides these there were Samuel Henry and Samuel Tucker, the 


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first of whom was certainly a churchman, and the second had at 
least strong Episcopal leanings, since he left a legacy to St. 
Michael’s Church, and both he and his wife were buried in the 
old Hopewell graveyard. 

The observation (p. 157) in Hall, History of the Presbyterian 
Church in Trenton, relative to the matter, probably furnishes the 
explanation: 


. . . At a time when neither the Episcopalians nor Presby- 
terians were strong enough to maintain pastors for the exclu- 
sive services of their own Churches, a number were accustomed 
to hold pews in both, that they might have the opportunity of 
worship in one or the other place every Lord’s Day. There 
seems to have been no difficulty even in holding offices alter- 
nately in both... . 


TRENTON A MERE VILLAGE AT THIS PERIOD 


Trenton at this period was a mere hamlet of perhaps five hun- 
dred souls, and of course all the inhabitants knew each other in- 
timately, and were closely associated in business and social life. 

Peter Kalm, writing in his diary under date October 28, 1748, 
(p. 220), says: 


Trenton is a long narrow town, situate at some distance from 
the river Delaware, on a sandy plain; it belongs to New Jersey, 
and they reckon it thirty miles from Philadelphia. . . . The 
houses are partly built of stone, though most of them are 
made of wood or planks, commonly two stories high, together 
with a cellar below the building, and a kitchen under ground, 
close to the cellar. The houses stand at a moderate distance from 
one another. They are commonly built so that the street passes 
along one side of the houses, while gardens of different dimen- 
sions bound the other side; in each garden is a draw-well; the 
place is reckoned very healthy. Our landlord told us, that 
twenty-two years ago, when he first settled here, there was 
hardly more than one house; but from that time Trenton has 
increased so much, that there are at present near a hundred 
houses. 


The statement of the landlord to the effect that twenty-two 
years previously (1726) when he first settled in Trenton “there 
was hardly more than one house” may be charitably set down 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


to a “lapse of memory,” if not to be regarded as an instance of 
the proverbial garrulity of an inn-keeper in seeking to impress a 
foreign visitor with the vast changes that had taken place in the 
community within his own experience. The map of the survey 
made by Emley in 1714 previously alluded to shows the presence 
at that time of seventeen buildings adjacent to the Assanpink 
Creek. 

Stryker in his pamphlet, Trenton One Hundred Years Ago, 
estimated that in 1776 there were not more than one hundred 
houses in the village, thirty below the Assanpink Creek and 
seventy above. (See Appendix L, “Where Some Trentonians 
Lived One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago.”’) 

The Rev. Arthur Burnaby, an English clergyman, describes 
Trenton in 1759, as “containing about a hundred houses. It has 
nothing remarkable: there is a Church (of England) a Quakers’ 
and a Presbyterian meeting-house and barracks for three hun- 
dred men.” (Travels through the Middle Settlements in North 
America, etc., in 1759 and 1760.) 

Rev. Manassah Cutler’s description (1787) of Trenton given 
in Proceedings of New Fersey Historical Society,” (1873, p. 93), 1s 
as follows: 

There is only one small meeting house and one Church in this 

town. I therefore conclude that the people are not much dis- 

posed to attend public worship for the two houses I presume 

are not sufficient to hold one third of the inhabitants. . . . 

This town with Lamberton which joins it on the south contains 

upwards of 200 houses besides public buildings. 


In the Travels of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld Liancourt in 
7795-7, Trenton is said to contain about three hundred houses; 
most of which are of wood (p. 59). (Travels, Translated by 
Newman, London, 1799, I, 594.) 


MINUTES OF THE VESTRY ES ort 1 FAS 


In the first minutes of the vestry, April 30, 1755, the Rev. 
Michael Houdin (Eudang, so spelled) is recorded as present, but 
in the minutes of 1761, it is stated “‘no Rector present.” 

In the minutes April 4, 1763, the Rev. Mr. Treadwell, rector, 
is recorded as present, as also on April 23, 1764, and April 8, 
1765. He died August 19 of the same year, and at the vestry 


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HISTORY TO THE REVOLUTION 


meeting April 28, 1770, a bill was presented for his funeral ex- 
penses amounting to £11:17:7. 

The name of the Rev. William Thompson appears first on the 
minutes April 28, 1770, again on April 1 and August 12, 1771, 
and January 6, 1772, February 28 and August 12, 1773. 

The first mention of the Rev. George Panton who was rector 
when the war broke out is at the meeting April 11, 1774, and 
subsequently his name appears October 30, 1774, April 12, 1775, 
April 8, 1776, and for the last time July 7, 1776. 


GLEANINGS FROM THE MINUTES 


The minutes of the vestry up to July 1776 show that little 
business of importance was transacted, except as to matters 
heretofore mentioned, which concern the deed for the church 
property, the movement to obtain a charter, the suit in respect 
to the Maidenhead ““Town Lot,” and the addition to the church 
of a cupola and gallery. 

Some extracts from the minutes relating to other matters are 
submitted, as shedding an interesting side light upon the paro- 
chial life of these early days. 

This in regard to the pews, under date April 30, 1755: 


Agreed that no person shall from this present day have a seat 
built in the Church unless they pay the sum of Ten Pounds, or 
else a yearly Rent, valued by the Church wardens, unless Mr. 
Jno. Dagworthy & Mr. Allen which have already complied 
with above sum. And it is likewise ordered. 

Agreed that no pews shall extend beyond the last Pillar of ye 
west end of the Church. 

Ordered and agreed that all pews that shall be built from this 
day are to be laid out by Mr. Chas. Axford in a regular manner. 

Ordered that the Pews built by Joseph Tucker by order of the 
Church Wardens and vestry shall be measured and valued by 
Mr. Chas. Axford. 


AS TO CHURCH COLLECTIONS 


This in reference to collections, under date March 23, 1761: 


It’s ordered that the Church wardens for the time being make a 
collection on every Sunday morning and not oftener and pay 
the same to the Treasurer for the time being. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURGH 


SALARIES 


As to payment of the salaries of the rector and others under 
date April 4, 1763: 

Ordered that Rev. Mr. Treadwell shall receive £30, pounds 
sterling from the Congregation annually from the day of his 
arrival: that the yearly sum of £40 pounds proclamation money 
be paid him, for his Diet and Lodgings, until a proper House & 
Parsonage shall be provided for him. 

The Clerk shall receive £5 pounds, yearly 

The sexton shall receive £3 pounds, yearly. 


FINANCIAL MATTERS 


Here is a statement as to financial matters, under date April 
BuO: 


Messrs Adams & Williams, Committee report that there is due 
by the Church 


To Daniel Cox cA Deh Sys 

To Mrs. Treadwell O9:TA%6 

To Furman & Hunt House Rent 13:00:8 

To Do Funeral Expenses List 720 
1770 Paid To 
Sep. 12 Cash to Mr. Hunt for Fun. Expenses Bay Bye (o, 
Sep. 15 Cash to Mrs. Treadwell in part LIT ise 


SOME LIGHT READING FOR THE CONGREGATION 


Under date April 1, 1771, there is given a list of books from the 
Society’s (S.P.G.) library, for the mission at Trenton: 


viz. Pearson on the Creed Folio 
Patrick’s Commentary 4.v. Folio 
Stanhope’s Epistles 4.v. Quarto 
Prideaux Connection 4.v. Quarto 


CONCERNING THE FREE SCHOOL 
Under date August 12, 1771: 
The Rev. Wm. Thompson and Danl. Cox Esqs are chosen 


Trustees for this Congregation to Visit the Free-school and do 


all such things as to them shall appear serviceable for sd. school 
in this town. 


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MORE ABOUT THE PEWS AND CUPOLA, A NEW BELL 
January 26, 1772: 
Ordered that Mr. Cox be added to Mr. Barnes and Mr. Adams 


to be a Committee to build as many new pews as can be made 
in the Church And to Alter or pull down the Cupola, as they 
think best. 

Ordered that a subscription be entered into to build a cupola 
or Belfrey & hang a Bell presented to this Ch. by Chas. Coxe 
Esqr. 


PROPOSITION FOR A JOINT LOTTERY WITH THE 
PRESBYTERIANS 


Under date February 28, 1773: 


A Proposition being made by some of the Presbyterian meeting 
to Join in a Scheme of a Lottery for raising a sum of Money for 
the mutual Advantage of both Church and Presbyterians in the 
Town of Trenton, & for appointing a Committee for that pur- 
pose who shall be also managers of the same. It 1s thereupon 
agreed and Ordered that Isaac Allen, Wm. Pidgeon, Chas. Har- 
rison & Joseph Warrell shall be a Committee to confer with the 
Presbyterians on the Subject of a Lottery and be Managers 
thereof. 


On three occasions the two congregations united to hold a 
lottery. In 1773 the consent of the assembly does not seem to 
have been sought. But in 1791, and again in 1794, a joint peti- 
tion on behalf of the two churches was presented to the legisla- 
ture, asking for the issuing of a license to hold a lottery. Gn one 
of these occasions it was stated that the Presbyterians were to 
have three-quarters of the proceeds because they were building 
a new church, and St. Michael’s one-quarter because it was only 
making some repairs and additions. 

It is interesting to note that the joint petitions of 1791 and 
1794 were both acted upon adversely by the legislature. (New 
TFersey Archives, Vol. XXVIII, p. 52. Proceedings of Legislative 
Council, November 14, 1791, and January 11, 1794.) (See Ap- 
pendix J.) 


eon 


(Cie vais igre Wells 


MINISTERS AND RECTORS OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 
TO THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION 


THE REV. MICHAEL HOUDIN 1750-1757 
THE REV. AUGUR TREADWELL 1763-1765 
THE REV. WILLIAM THOMPSON 1769-1773 


HAT isknown concerning the early rectors of St. Michael’s 
is here set forth. 
The Rev. Michael Houdin, (pronounced “Eudang,” and so 
spelled in the minutes of the vestry): 


MICHAEL HOUDIN 


Bolton, History of Westchester County (N.Y.) Vol. L, pp. 647f. 

Rev. Michael Houdin, A.M. Born in France, 1705, and bred 
a Franciscan friar. On Easter Day in 1730, he was ordained 
priest by the Archbishop of Tréves, and afterwards preferred to 
the office of superior of a convent of Recollects or Franciscan 
friars, at Montreal, Canada. Disgusted with monastic life, he 
left Canada and retired to the city of New York, where on 
Faster Day, 1747, he made a public renunciation of the errors 
of popery, and joined himself to the Church of England. 

In June, 1750, he was invited by the inhabitants of Trenton, 
and other places in New Jersey, to go and officiate among them, 
whereupon he addressed a letter to the Venerable Society, from 
which we extract the following: 

Mr. Houdin to the Secretary. 
Trenton, New Fersey, Nov. 1st, 1750 
Rev. Sir: 

Having my residence at New York, I heard of repeated com- 
plaints made by gentlemen and principle inhabitants of this 
place, Allen’s Town and Borden’s Town, it being for many 
years past destitute of a Church of England minister, and with- 
out any sort of application of mine, about five months ago some 
of them were pleased to press me by letter to come amongst 
them. I, being then conscious to myself that I had no license 
from the Lord Bishop, or sanction from the Society, I deliber- 
ated some time till I had consulted several gentlemen of the 


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clergy in New York, the Governor and others, who unani- 
mously advised me to go over to them, and hear their proposals. 
When I waited on them, I really found they were destitute 
indeed, there not being a minister of the Church of England 
nearer than Burlington. (N.Y.MSS. from archives at Fulham, 
Vol. [I—Hawks). 

To this may be added the following, from the Society’s ab- 
stracts for 1753: “The Rev. Mr. Houdin, having for some years 
officiated at Trenton and the neighboring places in the Province 
of New Jersey, among the members of the Church of England, 
upon such slender support as they, in their poor circumstances 
would afford him, with the addition of one gratuity of £30 from 
the Society; they have lately thought fit, upon the especial 
recommendation of the Rev. Mr. Barclay, rector of Trinity 
church in the city of New York, and of other worthy persons, 
bearing witness to Mr. Houdin’s merits and diligence to the 
pastoral office, to appoint him their itinerant missionary to ofh- 
ciate in Trenton, and in the parts adjacent. . . . and by his 
letters of thanks to the Society, dated Trenton, Nov. 4th, 1753, 
it appears that he is usefully, and to very good purposes em- 
ployed, he having baptized from the 13th of December preced- 
ing, forty-five children and five adults, after proper instruction; 
and at Amwell, a town within his mission, above two hundred 
Presbyterians and some families of Anabaptists, during the last 
summer, joined with the members of the Church of England in 
the public worship of God, and many of them observing the 
peace and charity among congregation, and the troubles and 
dissentions among others, contributed towards the finishing of 
the church, which, at the date of Mr. Houdin’s letter, he blesses 
God, was then quite done.” (Printed Abstracts of Ven. Prop. 
Soc. for 1753.) 

In the year 1759 Mr. Houdin accompanied the celebrated 
General Wolfe in his expedition against Quebec as a guide, 
which appears from the subjoined extract: 


“The Rev. Mr. Houdin, the Society’s itinerant missionary in 
New Jersey, intreats the Society in his letter dated Quebec, 23d. 
1750 [1760], that his absence from his mission may not bring 
him under their displeasure, as he was in some measure forced 
to it in obedience to the commands of Lord Loudon, and other 
succeeding commanders, who depended much on his being well 
acquainted with that country. And after the reduction of 
Quebec, he asked leave to return to his mission, but General 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Murray ordered him to stay, telling him that there was no other 
person could be depended on for intelligence of the French pro- 
ceedings, and promised to acquaint the Society therewith.” 
Mr. Houdin adds: “that himself, as well as the public, hath 
received a great loss by the death of the brave General Wolfe 
(Gen. Wolfe fell in the Heights of Abraham, September 13, 
1759), who promised to remember his labor and services, which 
are not so well known to General Murray; but he hopes the 
Society will take these things into consideration, and continue 
their kindness to him, and he will return to his mission in the 
spring.” (Printed Abstracts of Ven. Prop. Soc. 15 Feb. 1754 to 
15 Feb., £760.) 

Dr. Barclay, writing to the Secretary of the Venerable Soci- 
ety on the 3d of June, 1761, says: “Messrs Oglivie and Houdin 
are still detained by General Amherst in Canada. I shall take 
care to forward your letter to them.” 

It appears from the following notice in the New York Post 
Boy for June 4, 1761, that whilst Mr. Houdin was stationed 
at Quebec, under the command of General Murray, an attempt 
was made by the Vicar-General of Canada, to seduce him from 
his allegiance, by an offer of great preferment in the Romish 
Church: “We hear from Montreal that the Vicar-General of all 
Canada, residing at Montreal, has wrote a pressing invitation 
to the Rev. Mr. Udang, the chaplain of a regiment at Quebec, 
to return to the Romish religion, with a promise of great prefer- 
ment in the Church, which Mr. Udang put in the hands of 
General Murray, who sent it enclosed to General Gage, who 
upon the receipt of it, sent a guard to take the Vicar-General 
into custody; what will be the issue, is not known.” 

Mr. Houdin must have returned to New York in 1761, for 
about August of that year, he was appointed by the Venerable 
Society to be their missionary at New Rochelle. With regard to 
this appointment, the Society’s abstract says: “That the French 
refugees are, according to Dr. Barclay, a very orderly, sober, 
and religious people; to whom, at their earnest request, he had 
preached twice lately, and had administered the holy com- 
munion, and was much pleased with their devout behaviour. All 
this being maturely considered, the Society have thought proper 
to remove the Rev. Mr. Houdin, itinerant missionary, whose 
chief residence was at Trenton in New Jersey, to the mission at 


New Rochelle.” . . . (Printed Abstracts of Ven. Prop. Soc. for 
Lae Trinity Cuurcu, New Rochelle. 


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THE REV. AUGUR TREADWELL 


Yale Biographies and Annals, 1745-1763 (State Library), p. 679, 
shows that: 
AcuR TREADWELL was the eldest son of Lieutenant Hezekiah 
& Mehetable (Minor) Treadwell, and born in Stratford, Conn., 
December 16, 1734. In August 1760 he conformed to the Church 
of England, and about that time went to Flushing, Long Island, 
as teacher of a small private Latin school, and as lay-reader in 
the Episcopal Church. The congregation in Flushing and in 
Newtown sent him to England in December 1762, to obtain 
ordination. He received orders, probably in April 1762, and 
was then appointed to the vacant mission in Trenton, New 
Jersey. He did not arrive in Trenton until about the end of the 
year 1762, and died there on August 19, 1765, after a serious 
illness, in his 31st year. 


Ecclesiastical Records of the State of New York (State Library), 
Vol. VI, p. 3804: Letter from Rev. Samuel Seabury to the 
Society for Propagating the Gospel. 

Church of Flushing, 
Jamaica, March 26, 1761 
. Thro Mr. Aspinall s means also that Church (in Flush- 
ine) hath been constantly supplied the last half year with a Lay 
Reader one Mr. Treadwell a young Gentleman educated at Yale 
College in Connecticut of an amiable character & disposition & 
who intends to offer himself for the service of the Society and 
with their permission to go to England next autum. . . 
p- 3863: Letter of Rev. Samuel Seabury to the Society for 
Propagating the Gospel. 
Jamaica, March 26, 1763 
About eight weeks ago Mr. Tredwell the Society’s missy 
at gente New Jersey, came into this Parish & passed through 
Jamaica, annin three quarters of a mile of my house) to 
Flushing on a Saturday ... the next day the Church at 
Flushing was (as ’tis said) violently opened & occupied by Mr. 
Treadwell, the key being in my possession. . . . 


Mr. Treadwell is designated in this work as an Anglican Mis- 
sionary at Trenton. 
Mr. Houdin was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Treadwell, who 


continued as itinerant until June 25, 1765, when he acquainted 
the “Society [S.P.G.] with the generous donation of Mrs. A. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Coxe who has given the Church of Trenton, a piece of Plate 
of 20 ounces, and another of Charles Coxe, merchant, who has 
given a bell of 150 lb. weight.” Mr. Treadwell died that year and 
the Rev. Mr. Reading was appointed his successor but declined. 
(Parker, Historical Sketches, pp. 109-10.) 


THE REV. WILLIAM THOMPSON, D.D. 


Wi.i1am Tuomson, D.D. Born, Pennsylvania, about 1735; 
ordained 1759. Itinerant, York & Cumberland Counties, 1760-— 
g. Stationed at Trenton, N.J., & Maidenhead, 1769-73; re- 
signed. Died in Maryland 1785. (Missionary Roll S.P.G. 1702- 
1892) 

In May 1796 Rev. Wm. Thompson was appointed mission- 
ary to Trenton and Maidenhead. He arrived in June 1769 and 
reports “‘a kind reception,” but-adds that he “found numbers 
through long disuse of the Church service, very indifferent to 
religion, however since he came, the Church had been well 
filled on Sundays.” He continued to officiate there until 1775 
(sic) when he went to Maryland. (Parker, Historical Sketches, 


p. 110.) 


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CHARBRE ROVILT 
THE MAIDENHEAD TOWN LOT 


S will have been observed, references appear from time to 

time in the correspondence of the S.P.G. missionaries and 

elsewhere, regarding a mission of the Church of England in 
Maidenhead: 


Hopewell Maidenhead two churches supplied by one minister 
now vacant. 


Whether the term “church” as applied to Maidenhead here 
and elsewhere, signified a church building, or merely a congrega- 
tion, does not seem to be plain. Whether or no the “meeting- 
house” erected in that township in or about 1716 was originally 
a venture undertaken jointly by the Church of England people 
and the Presbyterians, or was the exclusive property of the 
latter, is a matter of conjecture. In any event, if it was the same 
building, it seems subsequently to have been regarded as be- 
longing to the Presbyterians, for a note in the §.P.G. Records 
(p. 55) says: 

At Maidenhead while there was no Church building, the dis- 


senters meeting house was placed at the disposal of the Rev. A. 
Treadwell in 1763 for church services. 


It is not intended to enter here upon any discussion of the 
vexed question of the Maidenhead “Town Lot,” except in so far 
as it bears upon the interest which St. Michael’s Church may be 
supposed to have once had in the property. 

Referring to the bequest of land by Daniel Coxe, for the use 
of the Church of England people in Maidenhead, the following 
passage occurs in a letter of the Rev. Mr. Lindsay to the S.P.G., 
quoted in Parker, Historical Sketches (p. 109): 


In 1739 Col Daniel Cox devised one hundred acres in Maiden- 
head, (known as the “town lot’’) for the “use of an Episcopal 
Church erected or hereafter to be erected in the township of 
Maidenhead.” 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


This statement is in accordance with the provisions of the will 
previously referred to, and doubtless has a relation to the suit 
for ejectment instituted in 1774, by the vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church against the trustees of the Presbyterian Church in 
Maidenhead. 


Minutes of the vestry, October 30, 1774 


Ordered that Mr. Robert Pearson and Mr. Enter Security 
in a Writ of Error brought by John Denn upon the demise of 
the surviving trustee of the Maidenhead Church lot against 
William Updike, John Anderson, Walter Smith and Samuel 
Phillips defendants and the Church wardens & vestry do hereby 
agree to indemnifye the said securitys from any costs or damage 
that may happen to them in consequence of their entering into 
the security aforesaid, and to-pay the cost that may accrue 
upon the actions of Ejyectments commenced in the Supreme 
Court for the recovery of the said Lot. 





It is evident from the following minute that the S.P.G. had 
made some inquiry in regard to the “glebe” in Maidenhead. 


Minutes of the Vestry, April 24, 1775 


Ordered that Mr. Coxe & Mr. Allen be a Committee to answer 
& state to the Hon Society an Answer to their request communi- 


cated by their Secretary respecting the Glebe of Maidenhead. 


THE CLAIM TO AN INTEREST IN THE MAIDENHEAD 
“TOWN LOT’ NOT PRESSED 


The first of these resolutions would seem to indicate that the 
case had gone against the vestry in the lower court, and that 
security was given in order that an appeal might be taken to the 
upper court. 

It would appear that this suit was never pressed, since there is 
no evidence of any decision rendered in the supreme court rec- 
ords of that period. 

During the Revolutionary War St. Michael’s Church was 
closed for seven years, and the vestry ceased to function. Owing 
to the civil disturbances of those times, when the Episcopalians, 
as identified with the Church of England, were popularly re- 
garded with suspicion, as inclined to toryism, the vestry prob- 
ably deemed it inexpedient to press their claims, and afterwards 


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during the reconstruction period the matter was ignored, per- 
haps out of a natural desire to avoid any causes of irritation. At 
least there is no further reference to the matter in the minutes 
of the vestry. 

Thus, whatever may have been the original rights of the Epis- 
copalians in the “Town Lot” in Maidenhead, they were suffered 
to lapse. 

In the History of Burlington and Mercer Counties (Woodward 
and Hageman, 1886, p. 849), there is a reference to an old docu- 
ment which recites the holding of a public sale in 1730, of the 
Maidenhead “Town Lot”: 


At a public Town-meeting 


Memorandum: It is agreed by the Inhabitants of Maiden- 
head yt the Town-Lot is to be sold to the Highest Bidder by the 
way of public vendue, and ye purchaser to keep ye money in his 
hand for six months from the date of these presents without 
Interest, he giving Bound and Security if required under pen- 
alty of one Hundred pounds proclamation money, and ye price 
of ye sd Lot to be laid out for a parsonage for a Presbyterian 
society for the use of the Town of Maidenhead as witness our 
Hands this Sixth day of November, 1730. 


In the same work above referred to, there is printed a letter 
from the Rev. A. Gosman, pastor (1886) of the Lawrenceville 
Presbyterian Church, in which he offers the following explana- 
tion relative to the possible interest which St. Michael’s Church 
may have had in the property: 


I find that in 1730 there was an attempt made by the people of 
the town to sell the “town lot” and appropriate the money for 
a parsonage for the use of the Presbyterian Society in the town 
of Maidenhead, but this effort was unsuccessful owing to a fail- 
ure on the part of the town to make a good title and that in the 
same year three days later, it was sold at public sale, the money 
to be used as the majority of the town should determine. If the 
majority voted that it should go as proposed in the first sale or 
if, as is possible, the lot itself was placed by vote in the hands of 
the trustees of the Presbyterian Society this would explain how 
the town lot came into the possession of our Church and was 
defended by the trustees of the Church in 1778 [1774] in a suit 
brought to regain it by St. Michael’s Church of Trenton... . 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Whether the entry in the minutes of the vestry, October 30, 
1774, refers to the transaction of 1730, orrather to the giftof land 
under the will of Daniel Coxe, made in 1737, does not seem to be 
plain. 

The whole subject of the “Town Lot” 1s involved in obscurity, 
complicated as it is by the original grant to the inhabitants of 
Maidenhead, made by Bass and Revell in 1698, which property, 
or a portion of it, was also designated as the “Town Lot” in 
1730, nine years before the will of Daniel Coxe went into effect. 

There is an extended dissertation upon the subject of the 
Maidenhead ““Town Lot” in an article on the “Phillips Family,” 
in Mercer County, New Fersey (Vol. I, pp. 69-72). 

The author of this article says in regard to its location: 


. this lot appears to have been what is known as the Dey 
farm, immediately in the rear of the Stony Quarry, just off the 
Old Post road, and in the rear of the farm lately owned by 
Joseph R. Scudder and bounded on one side by the Cold Soil 
road that formally came out of the Hunt mansion, east of Eight 
mile Run. It is not known that any meeting house or other 


building was erected on this spot (zdid., pp. 71, 72). 


Perhaps Daniel Coxe, in making his will in 1737, devising one 
hundred acres known as the “Town Lot” for the use of the Epis- 
copal Church, was assuming, as his own, real estate to which his 
title was disputed. In his will he left 15,000 acres in Maidenhead 
township to his son William. There is a note (NV. 7. Archives, XZ, 
400-31) to the effect that “when he (Daniel) asserted his owner- 
ship to the 30,000 acres and the 15,000 acres in Hopewell and 
Maidenhead, he was threatened with assassination.” 

Hall, in his History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, (p. 
15), speaking of the deed given in 1698, to certain inhabitants of 
Maidenhead Township, says: 


The strong presumption is that from the beginning this was a 
Presbyterian Congregation and, that although the precise year 
in which a church was erected on the ground thus conveyed 
cannot be ascertained, the first house of worship for any denom- 
ination in the two townships was that at Maidenhead now 
Lawrenceville. . . . There is positive evidence of its existence 
three years later (1716) for in the records of the Court of Ses- 
sions for Hunterdon County dated Tuesday June 5, 1716, is the 


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entry: “Proclamation made and the Court adjourned to the 
meeting house in Maidenhead in half an hour.” 


Since there was from very early days, a group of Church of 
England colonists in Maidenhead, and services were conducted 
there by agents of the S.P.G. as early as Talbot’s time (1705), 
perhaps the presumption is not so strong as Dr. Hall thought. 
It might well be that the land was held jointly, or as community 
property, and that the church or meeting house built in 1716 
originally served both congregations, as ministers of either body 
were available, and subsequently, as the Presbyterians tended to 
predominate in the place, came to be recognized as their exclu- 
sive possession. 

It may also be urged that it is unlikely the land conveyed to 
the inhabitants of Maidenhead in 1698, by Jeremiah Bass and 
Thomas Revell, for church purposes, was for the exclusive use of 
the Presbyterians, since the property was virtually a gift on the 
part of the grantors, the consideration stated in the deed being 
only nominal, viz.: five shillings. Both Bass and Revell are 
known to have been churchmen, and were subsequently among 
the incorporators of St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, and wardens 
of the same. As such, it can hardly be supposed that they would 
be likely to ignore the interests of their own co-religionists in 
favor of dissenters. 

The fact that the deed mentions no special religious body, but 
conveys the land to a certain group “for the accommodation and 
service of the township of Maidenhead . . . for the erecting of 
a meeting house and for burying-ground and school-house,” has 
no special significance, since in the Hutchinson deed of 1703 for 
the Hopewell Church likewise no denomination 1s specified, 
though we know from other sources that the Hopewell Church 
from the very first belonged exclusively to the Church of 
England. 

The deed of Bass and Revell is printed in full in Appendix ITI 
(p. 371) in Hall, History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton. 


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COATT BRST ae 
THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION 


SUFFERINGS OF THE CLERGY 


ISASTROUS times were now in store for the Episcopal 

Church in the American colonies. As a part of the Estab- 
lished Church of England its representatives 1n the colonies came 
in for a full share of dislike and suspicion, even of active persecu- 
tion, on the part of the advocates of separation from the mother 

country. 

Notwithstanding the fact that many of the men most prom1- 
nent in the movement for independence were lay members of the 
church, that fact did little to mitigate the popular feeling against 
it. Doubtless the active animosity, as popularly expressed, was 
mainly directed against the clergy as such, rather than the lay- 
men, because in a special sense the former were the official repre- 
sentatives of the church, and thus more closely identified with 
the Crown. Moreover, the laymen were not bound by the same 
obligations as the clergy, since unless they were officials of the 
British government, they had taken no oath to support it. With 
the clergy, who, be it remembered, had all received their orders 
from the hierarchy of the English Church, the case was other- 
wise. As a condition of their ordination, they had taken an oath 
of the King’s supremacy and, moreover, had promised conform- 
ity to the doctrines, discipline and worship of the English Church 
as set forth in the Ecclesiastical Canons and the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer. To depart from these would have been, in the judg- 
ment of most, to break their solemn vows. (See Appendix K, 


“The Faith of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.’’) 


THE PLIGHT OF THE COLONIAL CLERGY 


The rubric in the Ordinal for the making of deacons in the 
Church of England, sufficiently shows the plight of colonial 


clergymen in the decision that confronted them: 


And before the Gospel the Bishop sitting in his chair shall cause 
the Oath of the King’s Supremacy and against the power and 


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THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION 


authority of all foreign Potentates to be ministered unto every 
one of them that are to be ordained (English Book of Common 
rey a SO 

The oath has been deleted from the Ordinal within very recent 
times. 


Le tee OF THE REY AMR.ODELL 


A letter of the Rev. Jonathan Odell, rector of St. Mary’s 
Church, Burlington, to the secretary of the S.P.G. under date 
January 25, 1777, may be taken as representative of the general 
attitude of the colonial clergy: 


. . . Since the declaration of Independency the alternative 
has been either to make such alterations in the Liturgy as both 
honour and conscience must be alarmed at, or else to shut up 
our Churches and discontinue our attendance on public Wor- 
ship. It was impossible for me to hesitate a moment in such a 
case, and I find that many of the Clergy in Pennsylvania and 
every one in New Jersey (Mr. Blackwell only excepted) have 
thought it their indispensable duty in this perplexing situation 
to suspend our public Ministrations rather than make any alter- 
ations in the established Liturgy. . . . (Hills, Hist. of Ch. in 
Burlington, p. 317.) 


CLERGY INSISTED UPON PRAYING FOR THE KING 


The Book of Common Prayer, let 1t be noted, required the offer- 
ing of prayers for “The King,” “The Royal Family” and “The 
High Court of Parliament.” To omit these was felt by the clergy 
to be a repudiation of their solemn obligations, and hence they 
took the only alternative, closed their churches and intermitted 
their ministrations. 

Of course it would be too much to expect that those who were 
struggling for separation from the mother country should have 
tolerated public prayers for the government whose authority 
they had formally repudiated in the Declaration of Indepen- 
dence, and against which at the time they were in armed rebel- 
lion. Neither, under the circumstances, could the clergy be 
blamed since it is obvious they were actuated by conscientious 
motives. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


NEW JERSEY A SPECIAL CENTER OF WARFARE 


The province of New Jersey was a special scene of warfare, 
and hence perhaps the situation was more acute here than else- 
where. Trenton was indeed at the very center of trouble, now 
being occupied by the British forces and now by the Continen- 
tals, as the fortunes of war varied. 

The sentiments of the inhabitants were mixed, according to in- 
dividual self-interest, and as the cause of the patriots or loyalists 
was in the ascendancy. Between the two, the church and its min- 
isters suffered hardship and persecution, and it is a wonder that 
the institution survived and was able subsequently to resume its 
corporate life and activities. 


THE SUFFERINGS OF THE CLERGY 


It was the clergy who perhaps suffered most severely the 
effects of popular persecution at the instance of the disorderly 
and vicious elements attached to the patriotic side. 

Bishop Leighton Coleman in his History of the American 
Church (Oxford Church Text Book Series, p. 41), in speaking of 
the perplexity of their position, writes thus: 


Many of the clergy felt themselves to be especially embar- 
rassed. They had learned to love their adopted country, and 
were very anxious for its prosperity; and yet they were under 
obligations of loyalty to their native land and its rulers. Nor 
could they fail to discern amidst much that was really patriotic, 
voices of self aggrandising propensities in the violent speeches 
and measures emanating from some of their parishioners. To 
maintain a strictly neutral position was very difficult, in some 
places impossible. 


He continues: 


In addition to these difficulties, there were others of a more 
directly personal or practical character. Stipends were reduced 
and bodily persecutions were by no means uncommon. The 
Tory Clergy were stoned, ducked in water, imprisoned, threat- 
ened with death. In one instance, at least, they were stripped, 
tied to trees and whipped. Cruelties were practised upon even 
the beasts belonging to such as were opposed to the Revolu- 
tion. The Rev. Mr. Bailey, a missionary in Maine, writes: 


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THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION 


“My Presbyterian neighbors were so zealous for the good of 
their country that they killed seven of my sheep out of seven, 
and shot a fine heifer as she was feeding in the pasture.”’ Some 
churches were used as stables for the Continental forces, organ 
pipes were converted into bullets, and altar vessels stolen and 
desecrated. At Fort Hunter, New York, a barrel of rum was 
placed in the reading desk, and the building was used for a 
while as a tavern. 


THE CASE OF THE REV. WILLIAM FRAZER 


An example in this immediate vicinity of the treatment ac- 
corded to the clergy 1s afforded by the case of Rev. William 
Frazer, an S.P.G. missionary settled at Amwell (Ringoes) 1768- 
1782. In February 1777 it was reported: 


“At the time of this writing a party of 50 men from Wash- 
ington’s Army surrounded his house and fired upon the out sen- 
try of the Hessions’’; and in 1778~79 the record is made: “Mr. 
Frazer has been stripped of almost all he possessed by the rebel 
army, and being too low in circumstances to remove is forced 
to submit to daily insults and threatenings.” He, Mr. Beach at 
New Brunswick and Revd. Uzal Ogden in Sussex County, were 
the only missionaries in New Jersey that continued to perform 
duty during that war. (Parker, Historical Sketches, p. 112.) 


Mr. Frazer writes (no date): 


While the English Army was in this Province my house was 
almost every night search’d for persons whom I had never seen, 
the Bayonet presented to my Breast, and my Family more 
than once, Robbed of Clothing and other necessaries; besides 
terrifying in the most cruel manner the dear Companion of my 
Life and Several small children. (Quoted Pennsylvania Maga- 
zine, Vol. XII, p. 221.) 


The Rev. Mr. Frazer here alluded to, became afterwards, in 
1788, rector of St. Michael’s Church. His career will be detailed 
in a subsequent chapter. 

In the Digest of the S.P.G. (pp. 55, 56) there 1s printed with 
comments the following communication from one of the Society’s 
missionaries, showing the flourishing condition of the church in 
New Jersey two years before the outbreak of the War of the 
Revolution, and the disasters which the war brought: 


Eercued 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 
In 1774 Dr. Chandler of Elizabeth Town reported: 


“The Church in this province makes a more respectable ap- 
pearance, than it ever did, till very lately: Thanks to the ven- 
erable Society, without whose charitable interposition, there 
would not have been one episcopal congregation among us. 
They have now no less than ELEVEN Missionaries in this Dis- 
trict; none of whom are blameable in their conduct, and some of 
them are eminently useful. Instead of the small buildings, out 
of repair, in which our congregations used to assemble 20 years 
ago, we have now several that make a handsome appearance, 
both for size and decent ornament, particularly at Burlington, 
Shrewsbury, New Brunswick, and Newark, and all the rest are 
in good repair: and the congregations in general appear to be as 
much improved, as the Churches they assemble in.” 

Ere two years had elapsed*all the Churches in New Jersey 
were shut up, some being desecrated, and pastor and flock were 
persecuted and scattered. The existence of discontent had long 
been observed, and though unswerving in loyalty to the mother 
country, Dr. Chandler did not fail to remonstrate against the 
folly of her rulers in dealing with the Colonies. In 1766 he wrote: 

“If the interest of the Church of England in America had 
been made a National concern from the Beginning, by this time 
a general submission in the Colonies, to the Mother Country, 
in everything not sinful, might have been expected . . . and 
who can be certain that the present rebellious Disposition of 
the Colonies is not intended by Providence as a punishment for 
that neglect? . . . the Nation whether sensible of it or not, is 
under great obligations to that very worthy Society.” 

That the Government might become “more sensible” of the 
Society’s services,” and at Length co-operate with them. . . as 
the most probable means of restoring the mutual happiness of 
Great Britain and her colonies,” was his ““dayly prayer.” 

It pleased God that this prayer should not be granted, and 
long it was before His Church in America was enabled “joyfully 
to serve’ Him “in all godly quietness.’ At Newark the Church 
building was used as a “hospital for the Rebells,” who removed 
the Seats and erected “‘a large stack of chimneys in the centre 
of it.” The Rev. I. Browne underwent ‘‘a long course of in- 
juries and vexations,” and in 1777 was “obliged to fly to New 
York,” leaving his family “‘in the hands of the rebels’ who sold 
his little property and sent his infirm wife to him destitute of 
everything but some wearing apparrell. 


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FACSIMILE OF RESC LUTION OF THE VESTRY 1776 
CLOSING ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


GET eH X. 
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH AND THE WAR 
THE REV. GEORGE PANTON 


T. MICHAEL’S Church was closed by action of the vestry 
from July 1776 to October 1783 a period of seven years. 

The following action, significantly taken at a meeting held 
Sunday, July 7, 1776, the day before the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence was publicly proclaimed from the steps of the Court 
House, gives the reason for the determination to close the church. 
Though set forth in guarded terms it is possible to read between 
the lines of the Resolution and recognize a note of protest and 
bewilderment. 


RESOLUTION OF VESTRY SUSPENDING SERVICES 


Meeting of the Rector, wardens and vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church held on Sunday the 7th day of July, Anno Dom. 1776. 

The Rector, church wardens and vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church in Trenton, deeply affected with the situation of Public 
Affairs, by which, among other unhappy Circumstances, the 
Public Home of Worship of a Church of the most Catholic & 
Benevolent Principles has become incompatible with the 
safety of the Person of the Rector & Members of the Church, 
and the Exercise of it may thereby be attended with Inconveni- 
ences which for the Peace of the Church & society they wish to 
avoid. And as no alteration therein can take place, but by a 
Particular Authority competent only for that purpose. In 
order therefore to avoid the Inconveniences aforesd, the Rector, 
Church wardens & vestry agree to a Temporary Suspension of 
Public Worship ’till God in his Providence shall so order that it 
can be performed agreeably to the Principles & Constitution of 
the Church. 


The “alteration” referred to concerned the obligation to in- 
clude the “Prayer for the King” as set forth in the liturgy. 


Read 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


THE RECTOR AND VESTRY 


The Rector of the church at that time was the Rev. George 
Panton, and the vestry elected at the Easter meeting for the 
year 1776, were the following, as set down in the Minutes, 
April 6, 1776: 

Wardens: Mr. (Isaac) Allen and Mr. (Elijah) Bond. 











Vestrymen Vestrymen 
Mr. (Robert Lettis) Hooper Mr. (Daniel) Coxe 
Mr. (Michajah) How Mr. (William) Pidgeon 
Mr. J. Pearson Mr. ( ) Taylor 
Mr. R. Pearson Mr. (Charles) Harrison 
Mr. ( ) Carr Mr. ( ) Collins 
Mr. (John) Barnes Mr. (James) Emerson 


SOME PROMINENT LOYALISTS 


Of this vestry holding office in 1776, Isaac Allen, a warden, 
John Barnes, Daniel Coxe, and Charles Harrison, were loyalists 
and possibly Collins, Taylor and Carr, in addition, of 
course, to the rector, the Rev. George Panton, and thus ob- 
noxious to those who favored the cause of secession from the 
mother country. The namesof noneof these appears subsequently 
on the roll of vestrymen, though Elijah Bond, Robert Pearson, 
James Emerson and Michajah How, who were members of the 
vestry 1n 1776, were again chosen in 1783, when the parish re- 
sumed its life. Allen, Barnes, Coxe and Harrison took an aggres- 
sive part on the English side, had their property confiscated and 
were permanently exiled from their homes. John Barnes, high 
sheriff of Hunterdon County, died of his wounds in 1777, fighting 
against the Continentals. Isaac Allen and Charles Harrison also 
took an active part on the side of the government, and subse- 
quently sought refuge in New Brunswick, Canada, and died 
there. Daniel Coxe went to England and remained there perma- 
nently until his death in 1826. (See Biographical Sketches 
Series A.) 


LOYALISTS UNFAIRLY TREATED IN HISTORY 





It is the duty of the historian primarily to record facts in an 
unbiased manner, but it is also a part of his duty to interpret 


E7ord 


ST. MICHAEL’S AND THE WAR 


them to the intent that the readers may have an intelligent 
understanding of the motives and actions of the parties with 
whom his narrative is concerned. 

Most of the writers of our American history books, especially 
the earlier ones, in dealing with the War of the Revolution, show 
a disposition to magnify unduly the characters of those who 
espoused the cause of the patriots, and to belittle and disparage 
those who adhered to the mother country. Certainly the loyal- 
ists in our histories are too seldom accorded fair treatment, 
rather are their motives aspersed, and their characters as men of 
honor and lovers of justice and liberty bitterly assailed. Nothing 
could be more unfair or more subversive of the actual facts in 
many cases. For example: 

The men in the vestry of St. Michael’s Church who, in 1776, 
threw in their fortunes with the royal cause, were undoubtedly 
at least equal in conscience and character to their associates who 
supported the cause of the patriots. It was a time that tried 
men’s souls, and those equally intelligent and conscientious saw 
their duty differently. 


DANIEL COXE A TYPICAL LOYALIST 


Of those who favored the British cause many in New Jersey, 
and elsewhere, were men of position and substance, like Daniel 
Coxe IV, who had been appointed by order of the King to a seat 
in the Council of the Province of New Jersey May 1, 1771, and 
who assumed the same at Burlington on November 21 of the 
same year. 

The Minutes of the Council show that, after his appointment 
in 1771, he was regular and faithful in his attendance until the 
close of that body’s existence in 1773. He was a zealous Tory and 
in a letter dated July 4, 1775, viewed with prophetic foresight 
the cruel plight to which such as he would be reduced. “What 
then have men of property not to fear and apprehend, and par- 
ticularly those who happen and are known to differ in sentiment 
from the generality? They become a mark for popular fury, and 
those who are esteemed friends to Government devoted for 
destruction. They are not even allowed to preserve a neutrality, 
and passiveness becomes a crime.” (Nelson, Biographical and 
Genealogical Notes, p. 84.) 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


THE RECTOR AND CONGREGATION RECEIVE THE THANKS 
OF THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS 


That the feeling against the Episcopal Church and its rector, 
the Rev. George Panton, had undergone a rapid change in a few 
months is evidenced from the complimentary resolution passed by 
the Provincial Congress and Council of Safety as late as October 


28, 175. 
Minutes of the Provincial Congress and Council of Safety, 1775-6 


UN. J 23 p2238- 
(Trenton) Saturday, October 28, 1775. 
The Congress met pursuant to adjournment. On motion made: 
Resolved, That Mr. President be desired to return the 
thanks of this Congress to the Reverend Mr. Spencer (Presby- 
terian) and the Reverent Mr. Panton, for their polite attention 
and services during the present sitting: and also to the several 
communities who have been pleased to accommodate the Con- 
gress with the use of their respective places of worship. 


THE REV. GEORGE PANTON 


The Rev. George Panton, who came to St. Michael’s in 1774, 
and whose ministry was abruptly ended by the war, was a man 
of character and standing. Compelled incontinently to leave 
Trenton in fear of his personal safety, he sought the protection 
of the English authorities and suffered subsequently the loss of 
his personal effects which he had left in Trenton. 


He wrote from New York September 5, 1777, “That when the 
public services of the Church had in 1777 (1776) been suspended 
by Act of the vestry he went to Phillipsburg (Yonkers) where 
he resided until he had an opportunity of returning to Trenton 
with the Royal Army in December, 1776.” (Parker, Hist. 
Sketches, p. 110). 

(Lirst Report of Bureau of Archives, Province of Ontario, 1903, 
V. I, p. §3. Compiled from the original rolls by Dr. C. E. God- 
frey.) 

“Evidence in the Case of the Rev. Georce Panton, late 
of Trenton of New Jersey 

“Ts a native of Scotland. He came to America in 1770 and in 
1773 he was invited to the living of Trenton, at the recommen- 
dation of the Convention of New York, where he resided at the 


Moyet 


ST. MICHAEL’S AND THE WAR 


commencement of the Troubles. Says that in conjunction with 
Dr. Inglis, Dr. Cooper & Dr. Chandler, published essays in sup- 
port of the British Govt. 

“Produces Copy of a Petition to the Assembly of New 
Jersey from the Freeholders of Nottingham Township, N. 
Jersey, expressive of Loyal Sentiments & attachment to the 
British Govt. & desiring that they would use their endeavours 
to promote a reconcilliation with Gt. Britain & of their disap- 
probation of the conduct of persons concerned in the late dis- 
putes, Dated 20th May, 1775. Says he drew up this paper & 
had it signed by many respectable Inhabitants, in consequence 
of that he was obliged to leave the country. 

“Produces a Letter from Dr. Inglis, April 5th, 1776, request- 
ing the claimant to take care & carry a manuscript to Humph- 
reys the Publisher at Philadelphia. This manuscript was a Loyal 
Pamphlet which had been burnt by the Rebels at New York. 


“He joined the British Army at White Plains, before the 
action in October, 1776, & did everything in his power in 
Conducting & Assisting the Army & gave information of the 
proper persons to be intrusted & employed, he gave a sketch of 
the Country to Major Montressor. 

“He attended Sir Henry Clinton to Ft. Montgomery as a 
volunteer. 

“He remained with the Army all the war and was apptd 
Chaplain to the Prince of Wales American Regt by Sir Wm. 
Howe. | 

“He left New York 1784. He received £30 pr.an. from the 
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. 

“Living was worth £80 pr. an. Pen. Curry. raised of a 
voluntary Subscription of the Inhabitants of the Parish. 

“Surplus fees were worth £20 pr. an. 

“Library—Left at Trenton when he fled. His books were 
destroyed by the Americans in December, 1776, at Rawle’s 
defeat. Values his books at £60 Pen. Curry. 

“Linen, Furniture & Clothing lost at the same time £32 P. 
Curry. Manuscripts, lost at the same time £100 P. Curry.” 

Raymond, Winslow Papers, p. 29, n.: 

Rev. George Panton, M.A., of Trenton, New Jersey, and 
afterwards of Phillipsburg (now Yonkers), N.Y. During the 
war he was chaplain of the Prince of Wales American Regi- 
ment. At the peace he came to Nova Scotia and became S.P.G. 
missionary at Yarmouth. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


MILITARY RECORD OF GEORGE PANTON 


Chaplain, Prince of Wales American Regiment, 18th January, 
1778; retired 13th October, 1783. (Compiled from original rolls 
by Dr. C. E. Godfrey.) 


ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH AND THE BATTLE OF TRENTON 


St. Michael’s Church suffered depredations and injury both 
from the royal and the continental forces, as the two in turn 
occupied the town. The building was used as a barracks by the 
Hessian troops for some days previous to the Battle of Trenton, 
a portion of the Von Lossberg regiment being quartered there. 


The regiment Von Lossberg, with a portion of the detach- 
ment of artillery, occupied the English church, now St. 
Michael’s, and the house of Sheriff Michajah How, Col. Isaac 
Smith, Thomas Barnes and others, on King Street as far down 
as Pinkerton Alley. (Stryker, Battle of Trenton, p. 13.) 

The Von Lossberg fusilier regiment . . . reached Trenton 
on the morning of December 14 [1776] . . . The Von Lossberg 
regiment immediately went into quarters on King Street, the 
same Street in which the Rall regiment was stationed, and there 
held the right wing of the cantonment. Some of the companies, 
however, were much scattered. The main portion, consisting of 
the body, the Von Loos and the Scheffer companies, was lodged 
in the English Church .. . (Stryker, Battles of Trenton and 
Princeton, p. 95.) 

The detachments of artillery were quartered in the Metho- 

dist Church on Queen Street, nearly opposite Church Alley, 
and in the English Church on King Street. Each of the three 
regiments had two brass, three-pounder guns, and during the 
first three or four days’ occupancy of Trenton these six pieces 
were parked in the Graveyard of the English Church... 
(zbid., pp. 97-8). 
. .. The Von Lossberg regiment made their formation under 
the poplar trees in Church Alley, on the north side of the 
graveyard in the rear of the English Church. . . . (Stryker, 
Battle of Trenton, p. 18.) 

On the morning of Washington’s attack, December 26, 1776, 
. . . he [Lieutenant Colonel Scheffer] sent Lieutenant Zoll to 
Colonel Rall, asking where he wished the Von Lossberg regi- 
ment, to be formed. Rall was just then mounting his horse and 


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he told Lieutenant Zoll to have them form on Church Alley 
back of the poplar trees, and with his hand he pointed to the 
place in the graveyard behind the English Church... . 
(Stryker, Battles of Trenton and Princeton, p. 155.) 


Trevelyan, the English historian, has some interesting and 
colorful notes on the Battle of Trenton, in which St. Michael’s 
Church is mentioned: 


Von Donop paid a visit to Trenton in order to examine the 
ground with his own eyes. He directed Colonel Rall to raise a 
small fortification at the Ferry and, as a matter of prime neces- 
sity, to erect a redoubt, with flanking angles for cannon, at the 
meeting of the roads to the north of the village. Rall made a 
show of acquiescence, and ordered faggots to be prepared for 
the construction of a battery; but, after Von Donop’s de- 
parture, he stayed his hand, and his six field-pieces, instead of 
being mounted in embrasures where they might protect the 
approaches, were all parked near the middle of the town in a 
graveyard at the back of the English Church... . 

Whether his men kept their muskets clean and bright, and 
their ammunition in good order, was of little moment to Colonel 
Rall; but of the regimental bandsman he never could either see 
or hear enough. The officer on guard for the day must march 
round and round the churchyard in front of the Commandant’s 
windows with his men and musicians looking for all the world 
like a Roman Catholic procession, “‘and wanting only the cross, 
the banner, and the chanting choristers at their head.” 


(G.O. Trevelyan, The American Revolution, Vol. II, pp. 87-8.) 


BILL FOR DAMAGES FILED BY ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


The following inventory of the damages suffered by St. 
Michael’s Church during the war, filed in 1781, furnishes an 1l- 
luminating commentary upon the destruction of property, and 
the uses to which the building was put. 


Estimate of the Damages sustained by the Inhabitants of 
the County of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey from the 
Waste & Damage of the Troops in the Service of the United 
States, as appraised by Peter Gordon, Sidney Berry & Joseph 
Phillips especially appointed for that purpose in an Act passed 
at Trenton Decem 20th 1781. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


No. 46 Inventory of the Damage St. Michaels Church in 
Trenton Sustained by the American Army in Novr. 1777 Ex- 
hibited by Elijah Bond one of the Wardens: 


Pallaroe Bellicartied taw a Viger. fsa .7s 1k boven ee eee §0:00:0 
24 Pews of wainscot pulled down & Destroyed together 

with: 24 penelinpes: @BOl 0.1. sl sceecke ee Gees 96: 
12 Common) Seats destroyed @10/ 5.) 1. le. enema 6: 
200 panes Glass destroyed. Occasioned by the Build- 

ing bemapused asa Horace Tlousesi...)0.../. eases ne 
BOoO leet poards FOUN, thea’ Ar Gaara ayn ema 8: 
BOO feet new Oile: Cards, nauk) pitt hdr ay ere. 
400 Bricks 20/ Pulpit & Reading Desk damaged........... Ms jf 
Lalgar rer lOor aw buinces WeStrOVed uns. tr neta aly 

173+ 4 


STATE OF New JERSEY \ 
HuntTerpon County = [ 


Elijah Bond, late of one of the Church Wardens of St. 
Michael Church in Trenton being duly Sworn, saith that the 
above Inventory is Just and true to the best of his knowledge 
and that neither he or any other person belonging to the Con- 
gregation of Sd. Church have recd any Compensation for any of 
the above Losses as he verily believes— 

Sworn before me this 5 Novr. 82 Ev1jaAH Bonp 


RENSSELLR WILLIAMS 


STATE OF NEw JERSEY \ 
HunTERDON CouNTY f 


Charles Axford being duly Sworn depose & Say that on or 
about the month of Novemr. 1777 he this deponent passing by 
Sd Church and hearing a Hammering & noise therein went in 
to see the reason thereof, and there saw some people taking down 
the Pews and Seats in Sd Church and on enquiring the reason, 
was told that a Certain Doctr Brown, a Deputy under the 
Director General of the Hospital of the Army of the United 
States of America, had ordered the same to be done, that the 
Sd Church might be converted into a Hospital for the Sick and 
wounded of Sd Army; then this deponent said that the Pews & 
Seats might be taken down with less damage & waste, that 
what appeared to him at that time, whereupon the Sd Dr. 


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Brown directed him (being a Carpenter) to take down the Sd 
Pews & Seats, which he did, and got them Carried to a Brew 
House adjacent for security & safety, but they was afterwards 
destroy’d & Burnt by Sd Army as this deponent verily believes. 


Sworn before me this roth Cuas. AXForRD 
Day of June 1783 


RENSSELLR WILLIAMS 


The above Book of Damages in the State Library. 


There is nothing to show that this claim was allowed. Cer- 
tainly it was never paid, if for no other reason because the state 
treasury at that time had no funds wherewith to reimburse the 
parish for the damages it had suffered. It 1s safe to say that the 
claim was never strenuously pressed by the parish, but was 
rather submitted as a matter of form and not with the expecta- 
tion of receiving any settlement. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES A 


1750-1800 


T 1s possible to form a reasonable conception as to the per- 

sonnel of those who organized St. Michael’s parish and built 
the church. The men who served on the early vestries, say from 
1750 to 1800, to set a reasonable limit, would furnish the data. 
Certainly it may fairly be assumed that they, or perhaps in some 
instances, their fathers or other members of the family, com- 
prised the original congregation. 

The earliest indication as to the personnel of the leading mem- 
bers of the church, is found in the list of the managers of the lot- 
tery held in 1751, “for finishing the church in Trenton.” Of the 
following names those marked * indicate persons whose names 
are subsequently found on the roll of the vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church. 


1751, June 20 (Advertisement) Colonial Documents 1677-1776) 
Trenton Lottery for finishing Church in said town to be drawn 
under the management of *Robert Pearson, *Robert Lettis 
Hooper, *John Allen, David Dunbar, *Elijah Bond, *John Dag- 
worthy, Jr., Daniel Biles and *William Pidgeon and *Daniel 
Coxe in Hopewell and John Berrian in Rocky Hill. (See Appen- 
dix J.) 


PETITION FOR A BARRACKS 


In 1757 a Petition for the erection of a barracks was presented 
to the general assembly of the province, “‘by Magistrates, Free- 
holders and inhabitants of the Town of Trenton.”’ Among the 
signers are the following, who were then or subsequently became, 
members of St. Michael’s vestry: 

Joseph Higbee, Charles Axford, J. Warrell, Jno. Barnes, 
Thomas Barnes, Abraham Cottnam, and there also appears the 
name of Michael Houdin, at that time the resident minister of 
St. Michael’s. The same and other names appear on other peti- 


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES A 
tions, viz.: Dan Coxe, William Pidgeon, John Dagworthy, R. L. 


Hooper. 
In the “Act for Building the Barracks,” passed April 15, 1758, 
also appear the names of other vestrymen, viz.: John Allen and 


Richard Saltar. (See Stryker: Old Barracks). 


An act for building of barracks within this colony and for pre- 
venting spiritous liquors being sold to common soldiers without 
leave from proper authorities, and for other purposes therein 
mentioned. 

WHEREAS itis found by experience that the admitting soldiers 
within private houses in this colony, during the winter quarter, 
is not only attended with a very heavy public expense, but 
many other pernicious consequences to private families, for 
prevention whereof for the future, 

Be it enacted, etc. 

(Laws of New Jersey passed at the session beginning April 15, 


1758). 
NOTE BY DR. CARLOS E, GODFREY 


By the legislative enactment of 1758, five barracks were or- 
dered to be erected in New Jersey, simultaneously at Perth 
Amboy, Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Trenton and Burlington. 
By a reading of the TirLE and PREAMBLE of the act, attached 
hereto, it will be seen that the barracks were erected exclusively 
to relieve the inhabitants of harboring soldiers, who were sent 
South from the field of operations for winter quarters. 

This was the view specifically expressed in a letter written in 
1758 by Sir Francis Bernard, then Governor of New Jersey, 
which I copied from his vast correspondence possessed by the 
Library of Harvard University. 


SOURCES OF SKETCHES 


These biographical sketches include the names of those who 
can be identified as members of the vestry, or parishioners, be- 
tween the dates indicated (1750-1800). In most instances certain 
definite facts regarding such have been obtained from contem- 
poraneous records. 

The main sources whence this information has been gleaned, 
are Hall: History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, 2nd ed. 
Nelson: New ‘Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes taken 


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from volumes of the New Jersey Archives. The Letters of Moore 
Furman. Deeds and wills on file in the Secretary of State’s office, 
Trenton. Stryker: Books and H1storical Pampblets. Colonial 
Documents Relating to the State of New Fersey (1677-1776), 
Parker: Historical Sketches, included in the reprint of the Four- 
nals of the Diocese of New Fersey 1785-1515. Researches—Carlos 
E. Godfrey. 

As these notes or sketches represent, in most cases, a blending 
of the information gleaned from the above or other reliable 
sources, it has not been thought necessary to cite the authority 
for every statement, but where the reference is extended and the 
exact language quoted, the source is indicated. 

At the solicitation of the author Dr. Carlos E. Godfrey has 
generously contributed valuable notes as the result of his per- 
sonal researches, and the same have been appended to some of 
the sketches to their great enrichment. In some instances ex- 
tracts from wills have been given where they appear to throw 
light on local genealogical or other features. 


Avams, DunLap—Vestry 1770-1772. One of the subscribers to the agree- 
ment when the Rev. Elihu Spencer was called to the First Presbyterian 
Church 1769. 


ALLEN, lsaac—Warden 1770-1776. Vestry 1771-1775. A son of John 
Allen. Graduated Princeton 1762. Admitted to the New Jersey bar 1765. At 
the outbreak of the war he embraced the cause of the loyalists. In December, 
1776, the family of Isaac Allen left their home in Trenton, accepted protec- 
tion papers, and were ever afterwards considered subjects of King George. 
Isaac Allen was commissioned lieutenant-colonel commanding Sixth Battal- 
ion, New Jersey Volunteers (loyalist), December 3, 1776; commanding Third 
Battalion April 25, 1778; commanding Second Battalion July 24, 1781; re- 
tired October 13, 1783. He was at the siege of Savannah, Georgia, October 9, 
1779; and commandant of Charleston, S.C., July to December, 1782. During 
the war all his property in Trenton, which was considerable, was confiscated. 
In the year 1783, having removed to St. John, New Brunswick, he resumed 
his profession as a lawyer. He was one of the grantees of that city and among 
other offices he held a seat in the council and was a judge of the Supreme 
Court. His death occurred in Kingsclear, N.B., October 12, 1806, in the 
sixty-fifth year of his age. He married in 1769, Sarah, daughter of Thornas 
Campbell of Philadelphia. 


NOTE BY C,\. E.G. 


Upon the organization of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, 
Colonel Isaac Allen was appointed a member of the Council and, on Novem- 


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ber 25, 1784, a puisne Judge of the Supreme Court. He died in October 1806. 
His only son, John (born June 27, 1784), was for many years a Judge of the 
Inferior Court of Common Pleas for York County, New Brunswick; for over 
twenty-five years a member of the House of Assembly; Captain and Colonel 
of Militia, and a member of the Executive Council before his death in 1875. 
His grandson, Sir John Campbell Allen, was Chief Justice of New Brunswick. 
Colonel Allen’s spinster daughters, Charlotte, Margaret, Anne, Sarah, and 
Frances, were put on the Compassionate Fund in 1821 and 1822 (W.O. 25: 
3087, 3088). 
Captain Peter Campbell, of the New Jersey Volunteers (loyalist), was his 
brother-in-law. 
Proceedings of the New Fersey Historical Society, Vol. New Series, Vol. XI, 
No. 1, pp. 80-1. This is the January number of the Magazine 1926. 


ALLEN, Joun—Vestry 1754-17063. 

John Allen, a.churchman, has been a member of this Assembly, is well 
affected to the present establishment, of a good temper and always been in- 
strumental in the service of the Government. (Colonia! Documents.) 

Justice of the Peace, Burlington County, August 19, 1732. High sheriff, 
Hunterdon County, vice Thomas Martin, May 16, 1750, also again May 7, 
1760. Associate Justice of the Supreme (Conte Never ber 6, 1739. Allen was 
one of the managers of the “Delaware Island Lottery” held in 1753, for the 
purpose of raising funds “towards building a house to accommodate an 
English and grammar school and paying a master to teach such children 
whose parents are unable to pay for schooling.”’ His name also is among the 
managers of the Trenton lottery 1751 for finishing the Church. 

During 1757, John Allen had charge of the billeting of English troops and 
subsistence on the inhabitants of Trenton. 

John Allen was the father of Col. Isaac Allen. 

The burial of a John Allen is recorded in the Parish Register under date 
August 17, 1769. 


AX FORD, CHARLES—Vestry 1754-17745 1753-1755. His name is among the 
signers of the Petition to the Assembly in 1756-1758, in the matter of build- 
ing the “Barracks.” He filed a marriage bond October 13, 1735, to marry 
Rebecca Beakes. 


AXFORD, CHARLES, Jr.—Vestry 1761; 1783. Trustee 1500-1503. Free- 
holder of Hunterdon County, 1779; township assessor 1779 member of as- 
sembly, 1789; one of the executors of the will of Samuel Henry 1795 and ap- 
pointed as guardian of Samuel Henry 3d. His bond was signed by Abraham 
Hunt and Isaac DeCou. He died in 1804. 


Barnes, JoHN—Warden 1763-1764. Vestry 1761-1776. Son of Thomas and 
Elizabeth Barnes and a brother of Thomas Barnes. He was a resident of 
Trenton, New Jersey, before the war, and was high sheriff of the county of 
Hunterdon May 24, 1769, and again May 24, 1775, up to July 18, 1776, when 
he was superseded by the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, because he re- 
fused to execute the writs issued by its authority. His residence on Queen 


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(now Broad) street, below Front, was used by General Washington as his 
headquarters from December 30, 1776, to January 2, 1777.On July 26, 1776, 
he accepted the office of major in the First Battalion of New Jersey Volun- 
teers (loyalist). He was severely wounded on Staten Island August 22, 1777, 
at the same time Lieutenant-Colonel Dongan was wounded, and died August 
31, 1777, much lamented as a worthy man, and a gallant soldier. (See 
Stryker: NV. 7. Volunteers (Loyalist) p. 32.) 


NOTE BY C. E. G. 
His widow, Mary Barnes, went to Nova Scotia with Colonel Isaac Allen’s 
family in August 30, 1783. (Roy. Institution of Great Britain, Vol. 4, 318— 
N.J. State Library.) 


BARNES, THomas—Vestry 1763-1774. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
Barnes, and brother of John Barnes; lived in a house on King (Warren) 
Street on the ground now occupied by the Third Presbyterian Church. He 
was a druggist. His advertisement of salves, ointments, etc., appears in Isaac 
Collins’ Gazette. His will was proved October 31, 1783. 


BrEARLEY, Davip—Warden 1785-1790. Was born June 11, 1745; li- 
censed as an attorney April 15, 1767. He was surrogate of Hunterdon County 
March 13, 1771; Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1779-1789, and appointed 
Justice of U.S. District Court 1789, which office he held until his death. 

At the commencement of the Revolution David Brearley entered the mili- 
tary service by being commissioned captain in the Second Regiment, New 
Jersey Continental Line, October 28, 1775.On November 28 in the following 
year he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Regiment, and trans- 
ferred to the First Regiment on January 1, 1777. He resigned from this com- 
mand while in service against the Indians 3 in the Wyoming Valley to date 
August 4, 1779, to accept the office of Chief Justice. He was a member of the 
Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States in 1787, and 
the same year member of the Convention of New Jersey that ratified the 
Constitution; presidential elector 1789; an original member of the New 
Jersey Cincinnati Society, and Vice-President of the Society 1783-1790. 

David Brearley was one of the commissioners appointed by Congress to 
settle the land controversy between the states of Pennsylvania and Connec- 
ticut, which held their court at Trenton, from November 12 to December 30, 
1782. Their decision, which was in favor of Pennsylvania as against Connec- 
ticut, is known in legal literature as the “Trenton Decree.” He represented 
St. Michael’s Church in the diocesan convention of 1786 and was a deputy 
to the first General Convention in 1785. He was a prominent member of the 
Masonic order, being the first Grand Master of New Jersey. In 1924 the 
Grand Commandery placed a fine granite slab over his grave in St. Michael’s 
Churchyard. He died August 17, 1790. 

Stryker says of him: 

He was soldier, a law counsellor, and a judge of eminently legal mind and 
high personal character. He was called from this campaign to take upon him 
the duties of chief-justice of the state. His diary still extant is a curious 


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THE HON, DAVID BREARLEY 


1745-1790 
WARDEN OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


1785-1790 


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES A 


mingling, for months of drilling his regiment, today brisk skirmishes with the 
red-coats, the next day and the third day opening some Court of Oyer and 
Terminer. (See Stryker: Indian Campaign of 1779, p. 11.) 


An extended sketch of David Brearley will be found in Keasbey’s Courts 
and Lawyers of New Fersey, Vol. II, pp. 683-5. 


Bonn, Exvijau—Warden 1776. Vestry 1754-1783. Was charged before the 
council at Perth Amboy in 1773 with having usurped the prerogative of the 
Crown by erecting a public ferry at Nottingham without license. In 1748 he 
was manager of a lottery to raise funds to build a brick steeple to St. Mary’s 
Church, Burlington. In 1751, he was one of the managers of the “lottery for 
finishing the church in Trenton.” He left a legacy of £500 to St. Michael’s 
Church, the interest of which was to be paid to the minister in addition to his 
salary. He died in 1786. 


ADVERTISEMENT OF THE “TRENTON FERRY” 


ELIJAH BOND 
New Fersey Archives, Vol. XXVIII, p. 534: 


TO THE PUBLIC 


Whereas a Ferry is erected for crossing the Delaware (about a mile below 
the old one, commonly called Trenton Ferry) so remote from the Falls as not 
to be molested by the rapidity of the stream, or rocks, and free from the incon- 
venience of Shallops laying so as to incommode the landing of the ferry-boats. 
The landing on the Jersey shore, on Mr. Bond’s land, is on a smooth gravel 
bottom, at all times of the tide, so that there will be no difficulty in landing 
passengers on account of freshet or ice. On the Pennsylvania side, the shore 
is smooth, and a commodious wharf built, and the boats lie without being 
aground. The road leading to the New Ferry is very good, and the difference 
in the distance between it and the Old Ferry, from Philadelphia to New York, 
is but little better than half a mile, which the convenience of the Ferry will 
abundantly compensate. Gentlemen, &c. travelling towards Crosswicks, 
Allentown, Shrewsbury, Blackpoint, &c. will save near two miles riding. 
Good flats for horses and carriages, and small boats, are provided, and the pub- 
lic may depend on good attendance, by Ex1jau Bonp, and Joun THornrTon. 

Trenton New Ferry, June 8, 1773. 


RATES OF FERRIAGES 


Footman 3d. Man and horse 6d. Horse and chair 1s. 6d. Chair and two 
horses 2s. Four wheeled carriage with two horses 3s. Ditto with four horses 4s. 


Ditto with six horses 5s. Cattle per head 6d. Sheep and calves 14d. per head. 


CLAYPOOLE, ABRAHAM GEORGE—Vestry 1792-1799. Was a revolution- 
ary officer; captain in Patton’s Regiment, Continental Line 1778; captain 
11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Continental Line and transferred to 3d Regi- 
ment 1781. Retired January 1, 1783; an original member of the Pennsylvania 
Cincinnati; removed to New Jersey and transferred to the order in that state 
in 1789. 


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CLAYPOOLE’S STORE ROBBED 


The store of A. G. Claypoole, in Trenton was robbed. This is the 2d time 
within a few weeks. (The State Gazette, Dec. 19, 1797. 3X2.) 





Carr, Vestry 1772-1773; 1775-1776. Unidentified. The names of 
Alexander Carr and Thomas Carr appear in the list of ratables, township of 
Trenton, 1779. 


Ciunn, Joun—Vesiry 1785-1790. The will of John Clunn, Sr., inn-keeper 
of Lamberton, dated June 21, 1794, proved May 18, 1799, mentions his chil- 
dren, John, Amey, Margret and Elizabeth. It also directs that the testator is 
to be buried in the grounds of the (St. Michael’s) Episcopal Church in Tren- 
ton. The widow of a John Clunn died in August 1781, aged eighty-three 
years, and was buried the same evening in St. Michael’s Churchyard. She 
must have been the mother of the above. Several Clunn tombstones are in St. 
Michael’s Churchyard, as follows: John Clunn, Sr., died November 27, 1798, 
in the fifty-ninth year of his age. Elizabeth, probably his wife, died December 
5, 1823, aged 84 years, Margaret, daughter of John and Elizabeth Clunn, 
pS Bot ap 

John ches was captain in the Burlington County militia and also wagon- 
master in the Revolutionary War. He lived below Trenton Landing in Lam- 
berton, now a part of the City of Trenton. 


FOR SALE 


THE TAVERN IN LAMBERTON 


Long kept as a Public House by the subscriber. The house is well built of 
brick, has 4 rooms on the first floor, 4 on the 2d, and 4 on the 3d, all well fin- 
ished. It fronts the Delaware, being on the street on the bank and the lot 
extends back to 2d street, having an alley on the north side running from 
street to street. Attached to the tavern is a stable, carriage-house, shed and 
other conveniences. ... 

ELIzABETH CLUNN 
Lamberton, Dec. 26, 1810. 


CoLLins, ————. —Vestry 1776. Unidentified. The name of William Col- 
lins appears on the list of ratables, township of Hopewell, 1785. The vestry- 
man perhaps may be identified with Captain Albemarle Collins of the Light 
Infantry Company, which served as a Guard of Honor on the occasion of the 
Washington’s Reception in Trenton in 1789. 


Cottnam, ABRAHAM—Vestry 1761-1775. Was licensed as a counsellor- 
at-law of New Jersey, at the November term 1746 of the Supreme Court. He 
married a daughter of Joseph Warrell, attorney-general of the Province, 
1733-1754, and in 1751 was deputed by him to prosecute the pleas of the 
Crown in Middlesex County. He married, second by license, dated June 11, 
1764, Elizabeth Ann Pearce. She was a daughter of Robert Pearce and Cath- 
arine, his wife, widow of Robert Talbot, and daughter of Jeremiah Bass, one 
of the last proprietary governors of West Jersey. His home was on the 
Pennington road near Calhoun Street, in the northern part of Trenton. By 


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deed dated November 6, 1766, Cottnam bought of Dr. Thomas Cadwalader 
of Philadelphia, and wife Hannah, a tract of thirty-eight acres at Maiden- 
head, on the south side of Shabbacunk Creek. In the latter part of his life he 
removed to what is now the northwest corner of Warren and Bank Streets, 
Trenton, this property known as Douds’ Dale becoming after his death the 
inn of Rensselaer Williams. (In Hall, History of the Presbyterian Church 
in Trenton, pp. 144-5 there is an extended sketch.) 


Cox, Jonn—Vestry 1785-1790. Not of the Daniel Coxe family, as their 
name is commonly spelled with a final “e.”” Moreover the Coxes appear all to 
have been ardent loyalists during the War of the Revolution. 

He was Lieutenant-Colonel, Philadelphia Associators. He took part in the 
expedition which resulted in the Battle of Trenton. Stryker says “Colonel 
Cadwalader immediately sent out scouts and adopted such a course as the 
information gained might warrant. Adjutant-General Joseph Reed with 
Lieutenant-Colonel John Cox and Major Joseph Cowperthwaite went 
towards Bordentown in search of the Hessian pickets, but of course found 
their post deserted.” 

He was a member of the Legislative Council 1781-1782. Cox was a promi- 
nent churchman being a delegate from St. Michael’s Church to the diocesan 
conventions of 1786, 1789 and 1790, and a deputy to the General Conventions 
of 1786 and 1789. While in Trenton the family made their home in “Blooms- 
bury Court.” (See Appendix I: 6.) 

In his account of the reception given to General Washington by the citizens 
of Trenton, in 1789, Stryker says that Mrs. Cox was one of the matrons in 
charge of the entertainment, and also that his two daughters participated. 
The family was then living in Trenton, but returned to Philadelphia the fol- 
lowing year. 

Mrs. Esther Cox, wife of Colonel John Cox, was the daughter of Francis 
and Rachel Bowes and was married to Mr. Cox November 16, 1760. Before 
the war he was a merchant in Philadelphia, but his health failing he removed 
to what was then regarded as the more salubrious district of Trenton. He 
returned to Philadelphia in 1790, and died there April 28, 1793. He was a man 
of the highest character and abilities. He and his family were in frequent 
social intercourse with General and Mrs. Washington. Mrs. Cox died Feb- 
ruary 10, 1814. (See Stryker: Washington’s Reception by the People of Trenton 
in 1789, p. 91; also Mills: Historic Houses of New Fersey, “Bloomsbury 
Court.’’) 


NOTEDB Ye CUE. G. 


THE INSURRECTION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS 1783 


The news that Trenton or Princeton was to be honored with the presence 
of Congress had traveled to New Jersey as rapidly as post-riders could carry 
it. When Vice-President Cox of the New Jersey State Council received on the 
24th Mr. Boudinot’s letter of the day before, he summoned to the FRENCH 
ARMS tavern a meeting of the inhabitants of Trenton and its neighborhood 
“who being justly alarmed at the daring insult offered to the Supreme Goy- 


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ernment of the American Union, and being desirous of testifying their zeal in 
support of the Dignity & privileges of Congress” speedily passed resolutions 
which were forwarded to President Boudinot the next day by the chairman of 
the meeting: 

At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Trenton and the Vicinity at the French 
Arms on Tuesday the 24 June, 1783. 

Having been informed from undoubted authority that a most gross and 
daring insult has been offered to Congress, the Supreme Government of the 
American Union, by a number of lawless People in arms, assembled at the 
State House in Philadelphia on Saturday last. 

Resolved unanimously that we think it our immediate duty to express our 
resentment and indignation at so flagitious a proceeding. 

Resolved unanimously that we look upon tyranny and anarchy with equal 
abhorrence; and as we have, at the risque of every thing opposed the former, 
we are determined at the same risque, not to be wanting in our efforts to sup- 
press the latter, on whatever occasion or under whatever form it may present 
itself. 

Resolved unanimously, that we consider the support of Civil Government 
and the majesty of the Laws as among the first of Social duties, and riotous 
Citizens who disturb the public order and violate the dignity of the Union as 
the worst of Enemies. 

Resolved unanimously that we feel the utmost cheerfulness in pledging our 
lives and fortunes to the Government under which we live, in whatever way 
our Services may be required, whether in resisting foreign invasion or quelling 
intestine tumults. 

Resolved unanimously that we would deem ourselves highly honored by 
the presence of Congress, and by an opportunity of testifying our zeal in sup- 
port of their Dignity and Priviledges, should they in their wisdom think 
proper to adjourn to or fix their Residence in this State. 

Signed by order and in behalf of the Inhabitants. 

Joun Cox 

Davip BREARLEY 
PxHILEMON DickINSON 
SAML TUCKER 

Won C. Houston 
SAML W. StTocKTON 


THE COXB RKAMILY 
FOR SKETCH OF DANIEL COXE II, SEE APPENDIX H: 3 


Coxe, DaniEL, I]1I—Vestry, term of office uncertain. There appear to 
have been two by this name who served on the vestry, one previous to 1758, 
and one as early as 1770, continuing until 1776. 

The former must have been Daniel Coxe, III, eldest son of the Colonel 
Daniel Coxe, II, who died in 1739, and a brother of John Coxe, who gave the 
deed for the church property. 

In 1746, Daniel Coxe, III, was named as one of the burgesses in the first 
charter of the borough, and town of Trenton. During the rioting in 1747, he 
was naturally identified with the Proprietary Party. His will dated January 
25, 1750, names his wife, Abigail, daughter Grace Coxe, and son Daniel Coxe, 
the latter being evidently a minor at this time. The will was proved January 


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2,1758. His acting executors, Abigail Coxe, Grace Coxe and William Pidgeon, 
advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette of February 2, 1760: “for sale his plan- 
tation Belmont (where the Mercer County workhouse stands), where he had 
lived, comprising 1320 acres on the Delaware River about twelve miles from 
Trenton with a fine mansion with four rooms on a floor and fire-places. Also 
two negroes, a man and a woman.” He controlled a ferry and a fishery at the 
same place. He had a great deal of trouble with the settlers of Hopewell about 
their title, which they had claimed under a deed from his grandfather, but 
which he disputed. There was much litigation, and he said his life was 
threatened by the tenants he ejected. He died 1758, and was buried in St. 
Michael’s graveyard in the tomb of the Coxe family. (Nelson, p. 84.) 

(For a sketch of his life, see New Jersey Archives, Vol. X, 226.) 

Of the witnesses to his will Michael Houdin was the first settled rector of 
St. Michael’s Church and Pontius Stelle was a vestryman. 


Coxe, Danie, 1V—Vestry 1770-1776. Son of Daniel Coxe, III, and a 
vestryman of the church at least as early as 1770. 

“He was probably born April 1, 1741. He studied law, and was licensed as 
an attorney March 20, 1761, and as a sergeant November 15, 1772.” . . 

In a letter dated Burlington, January 14, 1771, to the Earl of Hillsborough, 
Gov. William Franklin recommends for two vacant seats in the Council “two 
gentlemen who are in every respect the best qualified to serve his Majesty in 
that capacity of any I am at liberty to mention. One 1s Daniel Coxe Esqr. of 
Trenton. . . . He was lately in England and had I hear the Honour of being 
personally known to your Lordship. . . . He is a member of the Church of 
England.” He was appointed by order of the King in Council May 1, 1771. 
He was a zealous loyalist, and expressed himself freely regarding the burning 
political questions of the day. His fine residence in Trenton was burned by 
the British forces and sacked by the Hessians, during their pursuit of Wash- 
ington in December 1776, but this did not impair his attachment to the 
Royal Cause, for in 1778, he went to New York, where he remained until the 
close of the War, serving as chairman of the Association of Refugees. In 1780 
Coxe was secretary to the British Commissioners appointed to receive and 
pardon repentant rebels, an office which proved a sinecure. He petitioned the 
British Government March 13, 1784, for reimbursement for his losses sus- 
tained during the War. . . . The British Government granted him on his 
arrival in England, in 1784, £500 annuity. The Gentleman’s Magazine an- 
nounces the death of Mr. Coxe thus “March 10, 1826. In upper Seymour 
street, aged 87 Daniel Coxe Esq.” In 1828 his widow, Sarah, daughter of Dr. 
John Redman of Philadelphia, whom he had married June 5, 1771, brought 
suits in New Jersey for her dower rights in his property, which had been con- 
fiscated and recovered judgment therefor. (Nelson, p. 84, 85, 86 abridged.) 


NOTES BY C.E-G. 


COXE, DANIEL, IV 


Native of New Jersey, late resident of Trenton, lawyer, member of His 
Majesty’s Council. On the advance of the British Army to Trenton in 1776, 


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he removed his family from his dwelling-house at Trenton to Philadelphia. 
The Hessians used his house in Trenton as their headquarters, the contents 
of which they ruined and ultimately destroyed the building by fire. 

When General Howe took possession of Philadelphia in September 1777, 
he was made Magistrate of Police. While occupying this position he assisted 
in organizing the Corps called West Jersey Volunteers. Upon the evacuation 
of Philadelphia in June 1778, he accompanied the British. He retired there- 
from with the British Army. He left his family, consisting of a lady and four 
children, who were supported by the bounty of their friends. In June 1781, he 
was by commission appointed Assistant Secretary to His Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners for restoring peace to the colonies and continued so to act until De- 
cember following, when he was appointed one of the commissioners and con- 
tinued on duty as such until the close of the War. 

Inventory of Losses—His mansion house grounds consisted of about two 
acres of land, extending two chains and one hundred links in front on Second 
Street, held partly by will and partly by purchase unto his own family. 

507 acres Belmont Farm, situated ten miles above Trenton, on the River 
Delaware, and having a patent ferry. 495 acres of land, comprehending his 
Trenton ferry estate and patent; Douglas Farm; and Lamberton. His total 
losses estimated at 40,267 pounds, 11 shillings, and 6 pence Sterling. 

He produces commission dated December 4, 1777, as Magistrate of Police 
of Philadelphia. Produces commission dated June 22, 1781, and appointing 
him Assistant Secretary to the commissioners for restoring peace. Signed by 
Sir Henry Clinton. Was appointed member of the Board of Directors for con- 
trolling the operations of the Loyalists at New York, April 21, 1780. 

Colonel Daniel Coxe, grandfather of the claimant, originally possessed the 
mansion house and four lots of this estate and by his will of this date (March 
21, 1737) devises the same to his son John Coxe, in fee, the four lots contain- 
ing one acre. The claimant’s father was named Daniel Coxe and his mother 
Abigail. 

His ferry house was burnt by the British and at the same time his dwelling 
house was burned. 


(Loyalists’ Transcripts filed in England, New York Public Library, Vol. 
38, 295). 


Coxe, Joun—Probably a vestryman—who deeded the property to St. 
Michael’s Church, was the son of Daniel Coxe, II. 

John was named as one of the executors of his father’s will in 1739. He was 
admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney and counsellor at the March 
term 1735 and the Supreme Court records indicate that he was a lawyer of 
much prominence, but evidently of a testy disposition, illustrated by the 
fact that he threw up a case in Chancery once because, as he asserted, 
Governor Belcher, the Chancellor, was not disposed to do him justice. He was 
an extensive land owner, largely from his father. 

The will of John Coxe of Trenton dated April 8, 1753, proved August 28, 
1753, names brothers Daniel Coxe, HII, and William Coxe: nephew Daniel 
Coxe, IV, and niece Grace Coxe, children of brother Daniel: mentions that 
his father was deceased: leaves a legacy to Charles ““commonly called Charles 
Coxe,” names as executor brother William Coxe and Robert Lettis Hooper— 
Witnesses, David Cowell, Joseph Reed and Moore Furman. . . . As he makes 


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no allusion to wife or children, he doubtless died without lawful issue and 
probably unmarried. He was one of the counsel retained to defend the Rev. 
William Tenent on his indictment for perjury 1743. (Nelson: p. 86, 87, 
abridged.) 


Dacwortuy, Joun—Vestry 1754-1755. In 1732 John Dagworthy is men- 
tioned among those recommended to His Majesty’s Council for the Western 
Division: 
“John Dagworthy, an honest bold man well affected to the Government; 
is of the Church of England, at present high sheriff of the county.” 


Governor Morris who was anxious to fix upon a permanent and more cen- 
tral place for the seat of government writes in 1740: “I have hired John Dag- 
worthy’s house at Trenton.” This house was at the southwest corner of State 
and Warren streets. The Mechanics Bank now occupies the site. He married 
Sarah Ely. 

John Dagworthy was buried by the Rev. David Cowell (Presbyterian). In 
the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church is the headstone reading 
thus: “John Dagworthy Esq. died September 5, 1756, aged 70 years.” 

His daughter, Mary Dagworthy, was the second wife of Abraham Hunt. 

His son John Dagworthy, Jr., was born at Trenton, March 30, 1721, and 
died at Dagsboro, Delaware, May 1, 1784. He married (1) Martha Cadwala- 
der, daughter of Dr. Thomas Cadwalader; (2) Martha, widow of James 
Mitchell. 

The Dagworthy House was subsequently occupied by Samuel Henry as his 
residence; and on April 1, 1780, it was leased by Mr. Henry for tavern pur- 
poses to Jacob G. Bergen who named it the “French Arms.” It was occupied 
by the Continental Congress in 1784. (See Godfrey’s History Mechanics Bank.) 


NOTES BY C.E.G. 
JOHN DAGWORTRY, Jr. 


Colonel John Dagworthy played a conspicuous part in the late colonial 
period, and in the Revolution. He and all the Dagworthy Family settled 
“Dagsboro” in Sussex County, Delaware. 

It has been alleged that it was a question whether Colonel John Dag- 
worthy or Colonel George Washington was to be selected by the Continental 
Congress as Commander-in-Chief of the American Army in the Revolution. 
This was replied to at length in the press by Dr. Godfrey, the account of 
which can be seen in the Trenton Sunday Advertiser for June 7, 1908. 


De Cou or Cow, Isaac—Warden 1783; 1788-1794. Vestry 1784-1787. 
Was appointed high sheriff of Hunterdon County, May 24, 1772. He was ad- 
mitted counsellor of law May 16, 1765. He died June, 1795, and was buried 
in the Friends’ grave-yard at Trenton. 

At a meeting of the provincial congress in Trenton, July 5, 1776: 

“Isaac De Cou Esq. having resigned his commission as Second major of 
the First Regiment of foot militia in the County of Hunterdon, where of Isaac 
Smith Esq. is colonel, ordered that his resignation be accepted.” 

(Minutes of Provincial Congress, p. 492). 


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NOTE BY C. E.G. 

Isaac De Cou lived at the northwest corner of De Cow Alley and King 
(Warren) Street in a house afterwards known as “Phoenix Hotel,” which 
property was condemned by the City of Trenton to widen De Cou Alley into 
what is now West Hanover Street. It was torn down in February 1871. This 
house was occupied in 1798 as the official residence of President John Adams. 


De Kuiyn, Barnt—Vestry 1785: 1787: 1791-1794; 1801. Trustee 1801. 
Was a descendant of a Huguenot French family, and was born in the City of 
Boston, October 31, 1745. His parents were wealthy, and he enjoyed the ad- 
vantages of a good education and the society of cultured people in the city 
of his birth. He married Mary Van Zant, a member of an old Knickerbocker 
family of New York City. During the Revolutionary War he engaged in the 
manufacture of woollen cloth which he sold largely to the government for 
army purposes. He succeeded in amassing a big fortune for those days. He 
purchased a large tract of land along the Delaware River near Trenton, and 
when Trenton began to be favorably mentioned as the seat of the national 
Capital he added largely to his holdings in the hope of acquiring substantial 
profits from the expected increase in land values. 

In 1790, when it was definitely decided to establish the national Capital at 
Washington, De Klyn found himself facing a big loss as the result of his land 
speculations. He managed to weather the storm and in time more than re- 
couped his losses. 

In the Trenton Gazette of June 1784, Elijah Bond advertises “at public sale 
a farm on which Major Trent had lately resided within two miles of Trenton, 
and containing about seven hundred acres.” This property is in the vicinity 
of Lamberton, and was purchased by Barnt De Klyn, and in November 1785 
the mansion was destroyed by fire. 

Subsequently he owned and occupied the red brick mansion known as 
“Bow Hill” in Lamberton, which is still standing today. Tradition says it was 
leased for a period to Joseph Bonaparte as a residence for his protege, Annette 
Savage. He died in Trenton in his seventy-ninth year. (See Mills: Historic 
Houses of New Fersey “Bow Hill,” J. P. Lippincott Co. 1902; also Hall: His- 
tory Presbyterian Church in Trenton, p. 142.) 


ADVERTISEMENT 
New Fersey Gazette, March 14, 1785. 


“Barnt De-Klyn, at the corner opposite the Blazing Star, near the market, 
Trenton, has just opened, and now ready for sale, a large and general assort- 
ment of Dry Goods, Etc., Etc. 

Dated March 7, 1785. 

The above is continued again April 21, 1786, and later. This store was at 
the northeast corner of Warren & State Streets. 
Trenton Federalist, September 6, 1824 (3x5): 

Died—At his residence in Lamberton, on the Ist inst. Barnt Deklyn, Esq., 
aged 79 years. 


Barnt De Klyn had only one child, a daughter, Catherine (Kitty De Klyn), 


who married for her first husband a young Irishman, Jeremiah Lalor, by 


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whom she had several children. For her second husband she married John 
Beatty, a physician and an officer in the Revolutionary Army, and subse- 
quently a member of the Continental Congress and also of the Federal Con- 
gress. He was speaker of the assembly and secretary of state. From 1815 to 
the time of his death he was president of the Trenton Banking Company 
and for twenty years a trustee of the College of New Jersey. The couple had 
no children. A great granddaughter of Catherine De Klyn through the Lalor 
line, now living in Trenton, is Mrs. Virginia Ashmore Armstrong, wife of 
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel S. Armstrong of the quartermaster general’s de- 
partment, state of New Jersey. Mrs. Armstrong possesses a fine portrait of 
her ancestress Catherine De Klyn Lalor Beatty, by Thomas Sully the dis- 
tinguished portrait painter, also jewelry, old silver, several valuable Chippen- 
dale chairs, besides other articles of historic and antiquarian value which 
belonged to her ancestress. (See Lee: Genealogical and Personal Memorial of 
Mercer County, “Lalor Family,” pp. 194-7.) 


EMERSON, JAMES—Vestry 1775; 1783. In the List of Ratables 1779, as 
householder. “James Emerson a soldier in the First Regiment Jersey Line, 
lived on the north side of Front St. west of Hunt’s Alley.” (Now Chancery 
Lane.) He was a merchant. 


N.F. Archives, (2d Ser.), Vol. V, p. 199: 


JAMES EMERSON 

At his Store in Trenton, has for Sale, 
Doctor Ryan’s incomparable worm destroying sugar plums, necessary to be 
kept in all families, with directions for taking them. Also black and white 
flowered sattin and white sarsenet, suitable for cloaks or bonnets, with white, 
stripe, and black India persians, black velvet, homespun broadcloths and 
linceys, linens and Russia sheetings, brimstone, indigo, and several other 
articles too tedious to mention, all which sell at as low a rate as the times will 
admit. 


New Fersey Gazette, February 28, 1781. 
Harrison, CHARLES—Warden 1775. Vestry 1772-1774-1770. Charles 


Harrison was a resident of Trenton, and at the outbreak of the war embraced 
the cause of the loyalists, and became captain in the Sixth Battalion of the 
New Jersey Volunteers, December 16, 1776. He was taken prisoner on 
Laurence Island, near New Brunswick, February 18, 1777, exchanged 
August 20, 1778, while a prisoner in the Yorktown: Va., jail. He served later 
as a captain in the Third Battalion, then as captain in the Second and was 
retired October 13, 1783. He was previously commissioned captain in the 
Hunterdon County Militia on August 30, 1775, but resigned from the pa- 
triotic troops on July 8, 1776. 


NOTE BY C. E.G. 
CHARLES HARRISON 


There was no claim filed by this person for reimbursement of damages 
either before the Commissioners appointed for that purpose in Canada 


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or in England; and there is no record that he was a Grantee of the city of 
St. John in the Province of New Brunswick. 

He was born in Ireland, and appointed from New Jersey in the military 
service. 

There was another person (born in Ireland & appointed from New Jersey) 
bearing the name of James Harrison, who was a Lieutenant under Captain 
Charles Harrison; who served in the same organizations with Captain Harri- 
son until the close of the war in October, 1783. What relation, if any, he was to 
Charles Harrison, I have failed to discover. 


Henry, SamMuEL—Though not a vestryman, was certainly an Episcopa- 
lian, and a strong supporter of St. Michael’s Church, since he left a contin- 
gent legacy of three hundred pounds “to the Trustees or managers of the 
English Church in Trenton for the maintenance and support of an orthodox 
minister.”’ In St. Michael’s churchyard are the tombstones of “Samuel Henry 
January 9, 1795, twenty-four years.” “Samuel Henry May io, 1784, sixty- 
seven years:” “George Henry, October 23, 1846, seventy-nine years.” There 
is a fourth stone in the group, marked “Mrs. May Henry July 23, 1804, 
twenty-nine years.” 

Samuel Henry was a wealthy man owning extensive tracts in Nottingham 
and Trenton, including “‘the old iron works.” He also held property in Penn- 
sylvania. For a time he occupied as his home a house on the site where the 
Mechanics Bank now stands. In his will he left a property in Trenton to 
Mary Yard, daughter of William Yard, on condition of her keeping it as a 
comfortable home for his children during their minority; making special 
reference to the vacation of his sons when they should be students at Prince- 
ton College. Their names, however, are not in the Catalogue. 

Samuel Henry fell under suspicion of disloyalty to the cause of the patriots 
in 1776. ““A report of the Committee of Trenton” was made to the Provincial 
Congress July 10. Mr. Henry appeared before the Committee to hear the 
charges July 16. The next day “he was committed to the common gaol of 
Hunterdon .. . to be kept in close confinement until the further order of 
this Congress or future legislation of this State.’’ On the 20th he made such 
acknowledgment that the Congress “‘for the contrition expressed in the above 
petition” discharged him from confinement, on his giving bond in the sum of 
2,000 pounds “for the faithful performance of his parole, to remove to his 
mills in Trenton, and there or within a circle of two miles thereof, continue 
and not to depart said bounds, unless with leave of the Convention, or the 
future legislature of this State.” (See Minutes Provincial Congress, pp. 489, 
g08, $11, 515.) (An extended sketch of Samuel Henry will be found in Hall’s 
History Presbyterian Church in Trenton, pp. 1§5, 156.) 


NOTE) BY) Ci E.G. 


This suspicion of “‘disloyalty’’ might properly be omitted for the reason 
that most every inhabitant of Trenton at the time was under suspicion, and 
Washington’s aide reports that all the inhabitants had fled the town a day 
or so after Rall’s defeat. (American Archives, 5th Ser., Vol. Ill, 1343-4; 
Memoir of Lieut.-Col. Tench Tilghman, 149.) 


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General Dickinson’s Letter to General Washington 
Yardley’s Farms, 21 December, 1776. 
Sir: 

. I have endeavoured to prevail with some intelligent person to go 
down into Trenton, but hitherto without success. If ’tis agreeable to your 
Excellency, I will offer fifteen or twenty dollars to a good hand, who will 

- undertake it, if such a one can be found. People here are extremely fearful of 
the inhabitants at Trenton betraying them. 
PHILEMON DicKINSON 
His Excellency Gen. Washington. 
American Archives, 5th Ser., Vol. III, 1343-4. 


HicsBee, Josepu, l11—Vestry 1761-1763. Was born in 1720, the son of 
Joseph Higbee, I. He gave bond to marry Elizabeth Ely, December 24, 1742. 
One of the subscribers to the salary of the Rev. David Cowell in 1736 and 
also to the salary of the Rev. Elihu Spencer in 1769, both of whom were 
Presbyterians. His home was on King (Warren) Street. One of the original 
proprietors of the Trenton Academy 1781. He died in 1796 and was buried 
in St. Michael’s Churchyard. His sons Joseph Higbee, III, and Charles Hig- 
bee served as wardens and vestrymen early in the nineteenth century and 
the numerous members of their families are mentioned among the parish- 
ioners in a list made by the Rev. W. L. Johnson in 1825. (See biographical 
sketches, Series B.) 


THE HOOPER FAMILY 


Hooper, Rosert Letris—It is evident that there were three who bore 
this name: Robert Lettis Hooper, I, chief justice of the province who died 
in 1739; his son, Robert Lettis Hooper, II, who served on the vestry and as 
warden from 1754, and died in 1785; and Robert Lettis Hooper, III, who 
served on the vestry 1783-1793, and was elected vice-president of the legisla- 
tive council in 1785 and died in 1797. 


ROBERT LETTIS HOOPER, I 


- Robert Lettis Hooper. Upon the death of William Trent, Robert Lettis 
Hooper, a member of Assembly, was appointed chief justice by Governor 
Burnet, on January 2, 1724-25. He served for three years and then at the 
March Term, 1728, was superseded by Thomas Farmer. He (Farmer) was 
removed from the Supreme Court Bench in 1729 and Robert Lettis Hooper 
was then appointed chief justice. 

The second commission of Robert Lettis Hooper is dated at the Court of 
St. James, February 29, 1729-30. The original, with the superscription 
George R., is in the Library of The New Jersey Historical Society. 

He continued to hold office until his death in 1738. His remains were in- 
terred in the city of New York. 

(Keasbey’s Courts and Lawyers of New Fersey, Vol. 1, p. 276.) 


Hooper, Rosert Lettis, 1[1—Warden 1754-1761; 1774. Vestry 1761- 
1705, 1772-1773, 1775 and 1776. Was the son of Robert Lettis Hooper, Ist. 


In an advertisement of February 18, 1752, occurs the name of “Robert Lettis 


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Hooper, H, now living at Trenton.” Robert L. Hooper, H, was a merchant of 
extensive operations and carried on business 1n Philadelphia and elsewhere. 


May, 1759. 

Robert Lettis Hooper has laid out lots 60 by 181, for a town in Nottingham 
township beginning on the Delaware at Trenton ferry, running as the road 
runs to the grist mills opposite Trenton, thence down the stream of the mills 
to the Delaware, thence down the river to the ferry, being the head of navi- 
gation, “where there is considerable trade extended from the city of Phila- 
delphia, and great parts of the counties of Hunterdon, Morris, Middlesex, 
Somerset, and Bucks, in Pennsylvania, deliver their produce,” and rafts of 
timber, staves, etc., come from 120 miles up the river. Offered for sale, or on 
lease for sixty years. Apply to advertiser or his sons Robert L. Hooper and 
Jacob Roeters Hooper, “‘living at his mills opposite to Trenton.” 

(See Hall: History Presbyterian Church in Trenton (2d Ed.), p. 66.) 


The New Jersey Gazette, Monday, April 25,1785 (3x1): 

Died, on Wednesday evening last, in the 77th year of his age, Robert Lettis 
Hooper, Esquire, the Elder—and on Friday following his remains were in- 
terred in the Episcopal burying ground at this place, attended by a number 
of the principal citizens. 


Hooper, Rosert Lettis, [11—Vestry 1783-1793. Was the son of Rob- 
ert Lettis Hooper, IJ. He was deputy quartermaster-general in 1778, and 
judge of common pleas of Hunterdon County in 1784. “In August, 1785, the 
death of a stranger (Ebenezer Erskine) is announced at the seat of Robert 
Lettis Hooper near Trenton,” and Mr. Hooper was one of his acting execu- 
tors. A paper of November 7, 1785, says “Since our last Hon. Robert Lettis 
Hooper Esq. has been elected vice-president of the legislative council in the 
room of John Cleves Symmes appointed to Congress.” “In 1796 died at 
‘Belleville’ near Trenton. ‘Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Robert Lettis Hooper 
Esq.” “July 30, 1797 died the Hon. Robert Lettis Hooper formerly vice- 
president of this state in his sixty-seventh year.” Soon afterwards is adver- 
tised for sale “that elegant seat called Belleville, late the residence of R. L. 
Hooper on the Delaware and containing one hundred acres.’ Belleville was 
the Sinclair and Rutherford country-seat. It is advertised in September 1806 
by John Rutherford as the summer residence of the subscriber in the City of 
Trenton “having three hundred and thirty acres on both sides of the river, 
and one of the lots between the new Street and Calhoun’s lane including 
Prospect Hill.” 

(See Hall: History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, pp. 150, 151.) 

The Belleville estate was about where West State Street and Prospect 
Street meet. 


Hooper, Jacos RoetEers—Vestry 1767. The brother of Robert Lettis 
Hooper, III, and a son of Robert Lettis Hooper, II. There was a meeting of 
his creditors in Trenton September 10, 1765. On June 25, 1759, the following 
advertisement was printed: “To be let a plantation on which lives Robert L. 
Hooper between Trenton and the ferry. Apply to him or Jacob Hooper.” 


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How, Micajau—Warden 1765. Vestry 1764, 1783, 1791. Was a prominent 
citizen of Trenton. He was sheriff of Hunterdon County and one of the judges 
of the court of common pleas. He was one of the original proprietors of the 
Trenton Academy in 1781. Of this family was the Rev. Thomas Yardley 
How, for a time assistant minister of Trinity Church, New York. 

He entertained Richard Henry Lee until he was elected President of the 
Continental Congress on November 30, 1784. (Godfrey: History of the Me- 
chanics Bank, p. 25.) 

Mrs. Sarah How, wife of Micajah How, was among the matrons who had a 
part in the ceremonies in connection with Washington’s reception at Tren- 
ton, 1789, and his daughter Sarah, was one of the thirteen young ladies who 
represented the original states. 


The Federalist, Monday, January 14, 1799: 

Diep, in this city, on Wednesday morning last, Micajah How, Esq., formerly 
Sheriff of the county of Hunterdon, and one of the Judges of the Court of 
Common Pleas of the county. 


(Died January g, 1799) 


Howe tt, Ricuarp—Vestry 1790-1793. Governor and Chancellor from 
1793 to 1801, was born in Newcastle, Del., October 25, 1754. He was one of 
eleven children of Ebenezer Howell, who came to Newcastle from Wales in 
1729. He came to Cumberland County when Richard was fifteen years old. 
Richard and his twin brother Lewis took part in the Greenwich Tea Party, in 
which the cargo of tea from the ship Greyhound was seized and burned in 
1774- 

At the inception of the Revolution, when Richard was little over twenty- 
one, he recruited a company of infantry in the counties of Cumberland and 
Salem for the Second Regiment, New Jersey Continental Line, of which he 
was commissioned captain November 29, 1775. On November 28, 1776, he 
attained the rank of major in his regiment, but resigned therefrom on April 
7» 1779: 

He was licensed by the Supreme Court as attorney-at-law in the April 
Term of 1779, and returned to Cumberland County where he began the prac- 
tice of his profession. In November of the same year he married Keziah, 
daughter of Joseph Burr of Burlington County. 

In September 1788 Richard Howell, who was then residing in Trenton, was 
appointed clerk of the Supreme Court. On June 3, 1793, he was elected 
governor of New Jersey, vice William Paterson who had been appointed by 
President Washington as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court. By 
virtue of his office Governor Howell assumed active command of the New 
Jersey Militia sent into Pennsylvania to suppress the Whiskey Insurrection 
in the Fall of 1794; and by order issued October 9, 1794, he commanded the 
right wing of the entire army. 

Governor Howell was annually re-elected until the Democratic-Republican 
Party came into power in 1801, when Joseph Bloomfield was elected Govern- 
or and Howell returned to the practice of law. 

Richard Howell died in Trenton on April 28, 1802, and his remains were 


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interred in the Friends’ burying-ground in Trenton. His widow, Keziah 
Howell, died August 9, 1835, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Jefferson 
Davis, whose husband was president of the “Confederated States,” was their 
grand-daughter. (Elmer: Reminiscences, pp. 102-13.) 


MEREDITH, SAMUEL—Vesiry 1770; 1810-1814. Trustee 1807-1809. Was 
born in Philadelphia in 1741, and died at his Seat ““Belmont” Wayne County, 
Pa., February 10, 1817. He was the son of Reese Meredith, a native of Rad- 
norshire, Wales, by Martha, daughter of John, and grand-daughter of 
Samuel Carpenter. He was lieutenant-governor, treasurer, member assembly 
and council of Pennsylvania, and next to Penn the richest man in the Prov- 
ince. Mr. Meredith was educated in Allison Academy, at New London, 
Chester Co., Pa. In 1765 he and his brother-in-law, George Clymer,the 
Signer, were taken into partnership with the elder Meredith as “Meredith 
Sons’’; as such, all three signed the famous “Non Importation Resolution” 
November 7, 1765. In July 1771 General Meredith married Margaret (born 
1748), daughter of Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, one of the most eminent physi- 
cians of his day, who, in 1750, gave £500 to found a Library at Trenton. Mr. 
Meredith was evidently an owner of property in Trenton as early as 1770; 
as he was a vestryman of St. Michael’s Parish in 1770, and again 1807 to 
1812. In 1776, Mr. Meredith was commissioned major of the Battalion of 
Associators of Pennsylvania, of which his brother-in-law, John Cadwalader, 
was colonel, and as such served with distinction at Princeton January 2, 1777. 
He served in the Pennsylvania assembly 1779. General, Fourth Brigade, 
Pennsylvania Militia 1778-1779. In 1780 he and his brother-in-law George 
Clymer each gave £20,000 to carry on the war. His father, Reese Meredith 
gave General Washington £500 to feed and clothe his starving Army at 
Valley Forge in February 1778; In 1786-1788 General Meredith was a mem- 
ber of the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania; surveyor of the Port of 
Philadelphia 1788-1789; treasurer of the United States September 30, 1789 
to October 31, 1801. He was again a vestryman of St. Michael’s Church from 
1807 to 1812, living at “Otter Hall,” which stood on the Delaware River two 
miles below Trenton. General Meredith was for many years president of the 
Royal Society of Ancient Britons, composed exclusively of Welshmen and 
their descendants, a position his father had occupied before him. He was a 
close personal friend of General Washington. (Adapted from a sketch fur- 
nished by a descendant, Philip Wharton Dickinson.) 


SAMUEL MEREDITH 
N.F. Archives, Vol. XXIX, p. 255: 
TO BE SOLD 


The valuable Farm, Otter Hall, pleasantly situated on the Jersey side of 
the river Delaware, 2 miles below Trenton (in an agreeable neighbourhood) 
suitable either for the Gentleman or the Farmer, containing 350 acres, 130 of 
which are good meadow, 120 acres plowland, the remainder woodland; there 
are on the premises a very convenient two story frame house, with a kitchen 
adjoining, on a high situation, which commands a fine extensive view of the 


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river and grounds adjacent, a barn with a leanto, five large hay barracks, a 
waggon and corn house, sheds for cattle, 180 feet in length, a stable and 
coach house, also a good stone milk-house, a large garden, with a variety of 
grafted fruit trees, and a good nursery; likewise a young bearing orchard, of 
600 of the best sorts of grafted apple trees. Apply to 

SAMUEL MEREDITH 
Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1774. 

The Pennsylvania Fournal, February 9, 1774. 


Norton, Ratpu—Vestry 1760, 1765. His name is mentioned among those 
signing the petition for the building of the barracks, in 1756. 


OcpEN, CoLoneEL SAMUEL—Vesiry 1789-1791. Born in Newark, N.]., 
December 9, 1746. Died in Newark December 1, 1810. He married Euphemia 
Morris (born September 10, 1754; died June 2, 1818), a daughter of Judge 
Lewis Morris and Sarah Gouverneur, on February 5, 1775. The marriage was 
performed by the Reverend Samuel Seabury. 

The Ogden Family in America, a genealogical work, states that “Colonel 
Samuel Ogden was a prominent Episcopalian and an ardent patriot during 
the Revolutionary War, in which he served as Colonel in the New Jersey 
Militia. He was a man of great business tact and energy and operated for 
many years the iron works at Boonton in Morris County, New Jersey.” 

The same genealogical work prints an item taken from The Sentinel of 
Freedom, a local newspaper in Newark, “November 24, 1807, Colonel Samuel 
Ogden moved to quash indictment of Aaron Burr for the murder of General 
Hamilton.” The same work further states that “He was a delegate to all the 
Episcopal Conventions from 1791 to 1809. His wife, Euphemia, is buried in 
Grace Church, Broadway and Tenth Street, New York City.” 


NOTERBYGC. E.G. 


The diaries of General Washington (copies of which arein the City Library) 
show that in about 1787 or 1788-1790 Colonel Ogden was associated with 
Robert Morris in the Trenton iron works. Whether the Trenton iron works 
were located in Morrisville or South Trenton I would not attempt to point 
out positively, but he remained here for a period of two years and during that 
time he was a vestryman of St. Michael’s Church. General Washington came 
up to visit him and remained two or three days on a fishing expedition, and 
while here Washington also came over to Trenton and visited General 
Philemon Dickinson. 


THE PEARSON FAMILY 


Pearson, Rosert, []]—Vestry 1764. Warden 1775. The first one to 
bear this name, Robert Pearson I, came to this country about 1682, and 
settled at Nottingham, in the territory known as the “Yorkshire Tenth.” He 
died in 1704, and his tombstone, together with others of the family, may be 
seen today in the little cemetery located in what is known as Pearsonville, on 
the White Horse Road. He had a son, Robert Pearson, II, who married in 
1706, Elizabeth, a daughter of Thomas Tindall, mentioned in the “License to 


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Build,” 1705, as a warden of the Hopewell Church. He married as his second 
wife Mary Coale. Their daughter, Theodosia, married Abraham Hunt, the 
well-known Trenton merchant. Robert Pearson, II, devised by will, made Sep- 
tember 13, 1751, proved 1753, to his son Robert Pearson, III, the vestryman, 
the “plantation where I dwell” and to his son Isaac “part of the plantation 
that formerly belonged to Thomas Tindall.” The name of Robert Pearson, 
probably Robert Pearson, III, heads the list of managers of the “Lottery to 
finish the Church in Trenton,” 1751. He gave bond to marry Mary Higbee 
dated May 7, 1761. 

There was still another Robert Pearson, [V, who served on the vestry as late 
as 1811. He was perhaps a son of Robert Pearson, III, or of his brother Isaac 
Pearson. It was doubtless he, designated as “Robert Pearson Jr.,” who is 
mentioned in company with Stacy Potts, Isaac Smith, Samuel Tucker, 
Abraham Hunt, Rensselaer Williams, John and Charles Clunn, as signing 
an application to the legislature of 1790, in behalf of John Fitch, the inventor 
of the steamboat, which obtained for him fourteen years of exclusive privilege 
on this side of the Delaware. He served on the vestry 1800-1801: 1810-1811. 
Trustee 1801-1809. 


NOTE BY C. E.G 


Bond of William Pearson as Administrator of estate (Robert Pearson III) 
dated April 24, 1802. It recites that Elizabeth Pearson has since died, and 
the other two executors renounce their right to act. 


ROBERT PEARSON, IV 


Trenton Federalist, May 2, 1825 (3x4): says Robert Pearson died in 
Woodbury, N.J., April 23, 1825. Attorney-at-Law; formerly of Nottingham 
Township. 


Graduate of Princeton, Class 1782. Licensed attorney-at-law by Supreme 
Court in the April term, 1789. Licensed counsellor-at-law by Supreme Court 
in the May term, 1784. 

The above may be the Robert Pearson serving in the vestry up to 1815. 

H.S. 


Pearson, lsaac—Festry 1761, 1705: 1773-1770. Warden 1770-1772, He 
was a son of Robert Pearson, II, and a brother of Robert Pearson, III. He in- 
herited from his father “400 acres being part of a plantation formerly belong- 
ing to Thomas Tindall,” his grandfather. 


Justice of the Peace, Burlington County, August 22, 1767 (AAA-Com. 
P- 430). 


Isaac Pearson gave bond to marry Elizabeth Smith, both of Burlington 
County, dated Dec. 7, 1761. Name of Gilbert Smith on bond. (P. p. 160.) 


No. 12057C. Will of Isaac Pearson 


Of Nottingham Township, Burlington County. 
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Son, Robert Pearson. 
Son, William Pearson. 
Bro. Robert Pearson. 
Sister, Achsah Imlay, wife of Wm. Imlay. 
“Theodosia Hunt. 
Executors: Wife, Elizabeth Pearson, Brother Robert Pearson & 
Micajah How. 
Witnesses: George Panton, 
Abraham Hunt, 
Charles Harrison. 
Will dated July 13, 1775. 
Will proved January 30, 1798. 


Of these witnesses George Panton was rector of St. Michael’s Church when 
the war broke out and Charles Harrison was a warden. 


Pipceon, WiLLiam—Warden 1761. Vestry 1754-1760: 1770-1775. Was 
admitted to the New Jersey bar at the August term 1750. He resided on King 
(now Warren) Street, near the present Trenton House, and was a man of 
some substance. He married in 1758, Sarah Hooper of Kingsbury. He adver- 
tised land for sale in Trenton in 1758 and 1760, as acting executor of Daniel 
Coxe III, and also advertised land from 1750 to 1761. Governor Franklin ap- 
pointed him, March 31, 1774, a justice of the peace in the counties of Bur- 
lington and Monmouth. In 1751 he was one of the managers of the Trenton 
Lottery, for finishing and completing St. Michael’s Church. He died at 
Stafford, Monmouth County, January 20, 1780, from burns in getting out of 
his house when it was on fire. He left £50 to the Methodist Society of Trenton 
for the repair of their meeting house, and £3000 to his executors to be used 
for charitable purposes. In a bequest to his son Robert he requests that “he 
shall learn to be a compleat lawyer before he goes to live with William Cox.” 
(See Hall: History Presbyterian Church in Trenton, p. 149.) 


NOTES BY C. E.G. 
Trenton, February 15, 1776. 


To be sold—A handsome, well-furnished brick house, a convenient kitchen 
with quarters for servants, stable, garden and small piece of meadow ground, 
situate in King Street, in Trenton. The purchaser may have possession the 
first of March. 

(Signed) WrLi1aM PipcEon 


Foot-Note.—William Pidgeon was a well-known citizen of Trenton during the 
War period. The brick house referred to was situated on the east side of what 
is now Warren Street, midway between what is now East Hanover and State 
Street. 

(New Fersey Archives, 2d Series, Vol. I, 79.) 


PoLHEMUS, JoHN—Vestry 1788-1791. 
John Polhemus, Jr., gave bond to marry Elizabeth Robins, both of Mon- 
mouth County, dated June 7, 1759. Bond signed by John Robins. Pp. 116. 


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John Polhemus kept a tavern here and was granted a license as early as 
1786. 

The State Gazette for January 3, 1797 (4x3) contains an advertisement of 
John Polhemus, dated December 26, 1796, where he offers the INDIAN QUEEN 
tavern for sale, and to inquire of the subscriber in Philadelphia. 


SALTER, RicHarp—Vestry 1761. Was commissioned Associate Judge of 
the Supreme Court on May 15, 1754. Chief Justice Robert Hunter Morris, on 
tendering his resignation as Chief Justice in 1754, suggested Richard Salter 
as his successor, describing him as “‘a man of understanding and fortune, a 
firm friend of the Government, and one who will act in that station with 
honor to himself and justice to the public.” The resignation of the Chief 
Justice was not accepted and Richard Salter was made Associate Judge. He 
was a Member of the Council for the Western Division and resided there. His 
appointment was suggested to the Chief Justice by Judge Charles Reed. He 
said: “There cannot be a more proper person to supply your place than Mr. 
Salter. You are no stranger to his abilities.” 

(See Keasbey: Courts and Lawyers of New Fersey, Vol. I, 303.) 

For an account of the Saltar family see First Families of Old Monmouth by 
J. E. Stillwell, M.D., of New York City. 


STELLE, Pontius—Vestry 1763-1765. Witness with the Rev. Michael 
Houdin to the Will of Daniel Coxe, III, January 25,1757. He had a son 
Pontius D. Stelle, who served on the vestry 1794-1799. 


Pontius Stelle was a son of Gabriel Stelle, a prominent citizen of Perth 
Amboy, and was the grandson of Poncet Stelle, who is styled in the record 
of the French Huguenot church of New York, “‘sieur des Loriers,” and is 
sometimes referred to as “dit desloriers,’’ whence it is inferred that he was 
from the little village of Loriers, near Limoge, in the southwest of France. 
Elizabeth the first wife of Gabriel Stelle, died July 29, 1723, aged 38 years, 
2 mos., I day. She and her infant son Benjamin (died November 14, 1719, in 
his third year) are buried in Christ church burying ground, Shrewsbury. She 
was the mother of Pontius Stelle. The latter was a Member of the Assembly 
from Perth Amboy, 1745-1749. He is mentioned as of Amboy in 1740. In 
1747 he was appointed one of the commissioners to disburse the funds of the 
expedition against Canada. Administration on the estate of Pontius Stelle 
was granted, November 12, 1770, to Benjamin Biles. 

(New Fersey Archives, Vol. XXIV, p. 142.) 


GaBRIEL STELLE, Member of House of General Assembly, from City of 
Perth Amboy, 1730-1733. (Legislative Manual.) 

Pontius STELLE, Member of House of General Assembly, from City of 
Perth Amboy, 1745-1748. (Legislative Manual.) 


Trenton, February 25, 1763. 

To be sold at public vendue, on Monday, the 11th of April next, the house 
in which Mr. Pontius Stelle now lives, in Trenton. It is two stories high, with 
four rooms on a floor, and good dry cellars under the whole, with a large 
kitchen, and storehouse adjoining. The lot contains about a half an acre of 


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ground, on which there are also large, convenient stables, a chaise house, and 
a good well of water. 

The above premises is conveniently situated for any public business, in a 
pleasant part of the town, and has been a well-frequented tavern, constantly 
kept up, for above thirty years past. 

(Signed) Mary Beapies 


NOTE BY C. E. G. 


This house recently torn down, corner Warren and Perry Streets was on the 


lot acquired by Mr. Bugbee for St. Michael’s Church in 1925. 


STELLE, PONTIUS DELARE 


(Vestry 1794-1799) 
Deatus—At Washington City, lately, Pontius D. Stelle, formerly of Trenton. 
(Trenton Federalist, May 22, 1826. 2x5.) 

U.S. Loan Office certificate issued to Pontius D. Stelle, Merchant of Tren- 
ton, dated March g, 1793; and another one dated December 13, 1794. 213 
AM, Secretary’s Office. 

Bill, to services as Clerk in the office of Aaron Dunham, N.J. State Auditor, 
at Trenton, for services from September 12, 1787 to March 7, 1788. 1903 AM, 
Secretary’s Office. 


TAYLOR, —Vestry 1775-1776. Possibly Major John Taylor, Fourth 
Regiment of the Hunterdon County Militia. Stryker says “Major Taylor, 
with others, was a member of a committee appointed by Washington in 
1776 “‘to gather in the State forces.” 

There was another John Taylor of Monmouth County, born 1742 near 
Amboy, who was first lieutenant, and afterwards captain, in the First Batta- 
lion, New Jersey Volunteers (Loyalist). The name of Taylor does not appear 
in the vestry after 1776, which may be significant. 


TRENT, WILLIAM—Vestry 1753. Known as “Major Trent’’, was the son of 
Chief-Justice William Trent, for whom Trenton was named. His mother was 
Mary Trent, his father’s second wife who died in Trenton in 1772, and was 
buried in the old Hopewell graveyard (See Appendix I: 3, 4.) He was born 
in Philadelphia 1713, and engaged in the mercantile business, dealing espe- 
cially in fur and peltries, which brought him into close relation with Indian 
trappers. He travelled much among them, and Cooley (p. 284) says: “There 
were very few of their great treaty-making assemblies at which he was not 
present either as a counsellor or one of the parties or in some other official 
capacity.” He got his title of “Major” during what is known as “King 
George’s War” (1746-1747) when he was in the military service of Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Major Trent resided for some years at Lancaster, Pa., where his second and 
third children were born; for a much longer period and until 1768, he made 
his residence in Carlisle, and was appointed by Governor Hamilton judge of 
the court of common pleas of Cumberland County, where his three youngest 
children were born. Before his visit to England (1769) he removed to Tren- 
ton, New Jersey, where his family lived during his absence, and he himself 


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after his return until the close of 1783. His wife is credited with the rent of 
the Presbyterian parsonage from 1768 to 1771, and his letters are written 
from the Trenton lower ferry. He died in Philadelphia in 1787. 

He married Sarah Wilkins, who died in 1807. Children: William, born May 
28, 1754; Ann, born October 20, 1756; Martha, born October 24, 1759; Mary, 
born December 3, 1762; Sarah, born November 29, 1768; John, born April 
21; 1708. 

His daughter, Mary Trent, married Nathan Beakes, and had (1) son, 
Morgan, who married Hannah, daughter of George Miller of Trenton; (2) 
daughter, Lydia, married Zachariah Rossell. Their daughter, Mary Trent, 
married Lewis Pemberton Higbee, son of Joseph Higbee, III. 

“Mary Trent Beakes was the last person who bore the name of Trent to 
live in Trenton” said a newspaper of the day. She died in Trenton December 
20, 1840, in the seventy-eighth year of her age. 


The New Fersey Gazette, July 5, 1784 (3x3) 


To be Sold, By the subscriber, at publick sale, on Thursday the 20th of 
July next, A Valuable farm, on which Major Witi14M Trent lately lived, 
situate on the river Delaware, within two miles of Trenton, containing about 
seven hundred acres; three hundred and fifty cleared, one hundred of which 
is meadow of the first quality; two orchards of six hundred trees of the best 
grafted fruit, an excellent shad fishery, and old accustomed ferry, known by 
the name of the TRENTON Lower Ferry (with Boats). There are on the farm 
a large brick dwelling house and kitchen, barn, stables, and other outhouses. 

E.1jAH Bonp 
Trenton, June 28, 1784. 


The property was purchased by Barnt De Klyn, and the house was des- 
troyed by fire in 1785. 


Note: Perhaps it was on this property that the mansion known as “‘Bow 
Hill,” owned by Barnt De Klyn, was subsequently erected, and as tradition 
says, leased for a period to Joseph Bonaparte. 


TucKER, SAMUEL—Though not a vestryman, nor probably a churchman, 
at least had Episcopal leanings, since he was buried in the old Hopewell 
church graveyard 1789, beside his wife, who was also buried there in 1787. 
He also left in his will £30 to St. Michael’s Church. 

Their tombstones are there, and may be seen today though in a much de- 
faced condition. (See Appendix I: 5.) The inscriptions are as follows: 


(1) Underneath this stone lie the remains 

of Samuel Tucker Esq who departed this life 
the 14th day of January 1789, aged 67 years 
3 months and Ig days. 

“Though in the dust I lay my head 

Yet, gracious God thou wilt not leave 

My soul forever with the dead 

Nor lose thy children in the grave.” 


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(2) In memory of Elizabeth Tucker, the 

wife of Samuel Tucker Esq of Trenton and 
daughter of James and Anna Gould, who 
departed this life on Sunday, the 13 day of 
May 1787 aged 57 years 8 months and 14 Days. 


Samuel Tucker was a man of great prominence in his day and held many 
public offices. He was high sheriff of Hunterdon County, member of the 
Provincial Assembly of 1760; president of the Provincial Congress of New 
Jersey which sat in Trenton from October 4 to 28, 1775, and officially signed 
the Constitution which it framed July 2, 1776.On September 4 of that mem- 
orable year he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court. Subsequently 
he was also for a time state treasurer of New Jersey. In 1776 he was chairman 
of the Provincial Committee of Safety, but in the subsequent panic he took 
advantage of the offer of British protection as apparently did so many 
others. Hall says of him: “Perhaps some of this weakness was attributable to 
the family connection of Mr. Tucker, his wife being an English lady. It is said 
that Mr. Tucker and John Hart (afterwards a signer of the Declaration) 
were competitors for the Assembly in 1768; Tucker was supported by the 
Episcopalians, Methodists and Baptists; Hart by the Presbyterians. During 
the first and second days of election, Hart was ahead, but on the third one 
Judge Brae coming up with a strong reserve of Church of England men, se- 
cured Tucker’s return.” 

(See Hall: History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, pp. 121, 122.) 


NOTE BY C. E. G. 


When the news of the Battle of Lexington (April 19, 1775) was sent by 
express to Philadelphia, Samuel Tucker and Isaac Smith were the Committee 
to receive it in Trenton, April 24, 9 a.m., and they forwarded it to Philadel- 
phia. (Wickes, Hist. of Medicine in New Fersey, 399:) 


WARRELL, Josepu, I—Vestry 1754-1755. Was recommended, Decem- 
ber 18, 1732, by Governor Cosby for a seat in the Council of New Jersey. “He 
was so well recommended to me by Lord Malpas, before I left England, that 
there is little more for me to say in his behalf that since my acquaintance with 
him his behaviour has in every particular confirmed the character given by 
his Lordship and one I can answer for.” The appointment was not made, but 
he received the office of Attorney-General of New Jersey, (1733-1754), which 
was probably more to his liking. On December 17, 1733, the Council of New 
York wrote to the Duke of Newcastle, that Lewis Morris had sent to repre- 
sent him “Joseph Warrell Esq., a gentleman of the law and of very fair char- 
acter.”’ No record has been found of his origin, nor of his admission to the 
New Jersey bar, but in 1737 he was residing at Trenton. He was appointed 
August 13, 1746, one of the quorum Justices of the Peace for Middlesex 
County. In 1751 he was living at “Belleville,” near Trenton, and stated that 
he had lived there many years, and consequently could give a good character 
to Samuel Tucker, his neighbor, having known him since Tucker was a boy. 
He asked leave to resign July 5, 1754, in order “‘to make his declining years 


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comfortable.” His resignation was promptly accepted by Governor Belcher, 
and Cortlandt Skinner, whom he had recommended as his successor, was 
appointed ten days later. Joseph Warrell died in the summer of 1758. A 
daughter married Abraham Cottnam, a leading lawyer of Trenton. 


(Nelson: pp. 209-10, abridged.) 


JOSEPH WARRELL, I 
July, 1758. 

For sale by executors, the seat of Joseph Warrell, Esq., late deceased, well 
known by name of Bellville, on the Delaware, three-fourths of a mile from 
Trenton, with gardens, orchards, etc. Also a plantation of 300 acres, within 
one-fourth of a mile of the above, on the Delaware, with a patent for a ferry. 


(See Hall: History of Presbyterian Church in Trenton (2d Ed.), p. 66.) 


The estate known as “Belleville” was located about where West State 
Street and Prospect Street meet. 


WarRRELL, JosepuH, 11—Warden 1774. Son of Joseph Warrell; was mana- 
ger of a lottery for the Trenton English and Grammar School in 1753; was 
licensed as an attorney March 13, 1758; was clerk of the circuits 1765-1768, 
and died in Trenton March 6, 1775. 

The funeral services were taken by the Rev. Jonathan Odell, as appears 
from the Parish Register of St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, which contains 
the following entry: 

“1775 Buried (March) 7 Joseph Warrell Esq. of Trenton.” 


His tombstone in the First Presbyterian Church yard is thus inscribed: 


In memory of Joseph Warrell Esq. who departed 
this life March 6th, 1775 aged 36 years. 

This stone is erected not for pomp or 

pageantry, but from true affection. 

For other thoughts employ the widowed wife: 
The best of husbands, loved in private life, 

Bids her with tears to raise this humble stone 
That holds his ashes and expects her own. 


JOSEPH WARRELT, II 


“On Monday, the 6th instant (March 6, 1775), departed this life, in the 
thirty-sixth year of his age, after a long and painful illness, JosepH WARRELL, 
of Trenton, Esq., Attorney at Law. A gentleman whose affability, good 
humour and generosity, endeared him to all those who had the pleasure of his 
acquaintance. He was a warm, sincere friend, a most tender and affectionate 
husband, which, with his many other engaging qualifications, renders the 
loss of him exceedingly lamented.” (N.¥. Archives, Vol. XXXI, p. 92.) 


973 J WILL or JosepH Warre Lt, II 


Wife, Patience. 
“T desire that my body be buried as near to my parents and children in the 
Presbyterian burying ground in Trenton as conveniently may be.” 


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Exrs.—John Cox Jr. of Philadelphia, merchant, & Isaac Allen of Trenton. 
Dated February 11, 1774. 
Proved March 25, 1775. 


Both Cox and Allen served in the vestry of St. Michael’s Church. 


Wi.iiaMs, RENSSELAER—Warden 1783; 1785-1789. Vestry 1770-1774. 
Kept an Inn in 1776, at the northwest corner of Warren and Bank Streets, 
which was the former residence of Abraham Cottnam. 

This inn is mentioned by the Marquis de Chastelleux, at the time of his 
visit here. He also in 1768 kept an inn known as the “Royal Oak” formerly 
Robert Rutherford’s Tavern (N.W. cor. State and Broad). In 1773 he re- 
moved his inn to Trenton Ferry which in partnership with Patrick Colvin he 
operated in 1774. 


NOTE BY CoE. G; 


He did not keep the “Blazing Star” tavern at the Ferry. He remained at 
the Ferry until he took the Cottnam house in 1776, which he called the 
“Royal Oak Inn.” 


Rensselaer Williams was one of the founders in 1781 of the Trenton School 
Company, or Academy. He was found dead in the street opposite the State 
House, December 1796. His grave is in St. Michael’s churchyard, where his 
age 1s given as sixty-four. Adjoining it is the grave of his son Rensselaer Wil- 
liams, Jr., who died at the house of Abraham Hunt in 1801, aged thirty-three 
years. He was in the mercantile business in Cooperstown, New York. In 
James Fennimore Cooper’s Chronicles of Cooperstown, it is stated that 
Rensselaer and Richard Williams arrived between the years 1792 and 1797. 
(See Hall: History Presbyterian Church in Trenton, p. 331.) 


Witt, Francis—Vesiry 1783-1787. On March 27, 1778, the partnership 
of Robert Singer and Francis Witt, dealer in merchandise at Trenton, was 
dissolved. In November, 1778, Francis Witt was the senior member of the 
firm of Francis Witt & Jacob Benjamin, auctioneers in Trenton, on Warren 
Street above State. 

On January 21, 1782, the firm of Witt & Lott announces that “They have 
for sale hair pins, powder and pomatum.” In the same advertisement “The 
subscriber likewise begs leave to inform the publick in general that he keeps 
a house of entertainment for man and horse, at the sign of Alexander the 
Great, in the house formerly occupied by Captain Clunn, in Trenton, where 
all persons favouring him with their custom may depend on his utmost exer- 
tions to give entire satisfaction, by the publick’s most obedient humble 
servant. Francis Witt.” On June 18, 1782, he changes the name of his 
tavern to the BLazinc Srar; which tavern he advertises as late as July 29, 
1788. This tavern was located on Warren Street, opposite the Trenton House, 
the sign, however, having been transferred where the French Arms had been 
located on the present site of the Mechanics Bank in January, 1785. 

On June 26, 1790, he announces that he keeps tavern at the sign of the 
Indian Queen, in Elizabeth-Town, lately kept by Mr. Samuel Smith. 


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On July 20, 1793, he was an insolvent debtor confined 1n the Middlesex 
County Jail at New Brunwsick. 

On September 3, 1794, he announces in the press that he keeps tavern in 
Trenton at the Sign of Doctor Franklin. This building was located at the 
northeast corner of Warren and Hanover Streets, then Pinkerton’s Alley. 

On June 16, 1796, he announces that he keeps that “old noted Inn” the 
Biack-HorseE-A..ey-Iny, in Philadelphia, located in Black Horse Alley. 

(For a sketch of Francis Witt, see Godfrey: History of The Mechanics Bank, 


PP: 31-3, 35:) 


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PRE-WAR CONDITIONS AND THE COLONIAL CHURCH 
EARLY EFFORTS TO OBTAIN THE EPISCOPATE 


EFORE taking up the narrative of parochial life in a subse- 

quent chapter, it may prove profitable, and perhaps inter- 
esting, to offer some observations as to the state of the church in 
the United States, as it stood upon the threshold of an inde- 
pendent existence, as a national institution. Especially in the 
case of readers who may not be familiar with the circumstances 
of that crucial period, it is important to take a preliminary re- 
view of the general conditions, as otherwise it is impossible 
rightly to understand the situation as it affected the fortunes of 
the church. 

During the colonial period the church 1n America was under 
the nominal charge of the Bishop of London. Though he never 
visited the churches. here, and exercised only the most casual 
oversight, he at least ordained many who came over, and all were 
required to hold his license. However nominal his relationship to 
the churches in America, it could at least be said that they were 
“Episcopal” owing their connection with the Established 
Church of England. 

The lack of an episcopate locally resident in America was the 
chief handicap to the church’s well-being and growth in the 
colonial days, and accounts largely for the slowness of its devel- 
opment both before and after the war. Had a bishop been granted 
from the earliest period, it is safe to say that the church’s history 
would have been entirely different, and that instead of being 
today numerically one of the smaller bodies, it might have em- 
braced a majority of the immigrants inheriting Anglo-Saxon 
blood and traditions. Almost certainly many of its own children, 
who subsequently identified themselves with other bodies, would 
have been retained in the church had there been a sufficient sup- 
ply of clergy to minister to their needs. As it was the lack of a 
native church ministry stimulated, if it did not necessitate, the 
creation of a body of ministers outside the church’s order. Be- 


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cause the church in the colonies was unable to supply the de- 
mand for clergy, those who would have naturally preferred its 
ministrations were allowed to drift away from it and accept in 
lieu what was otherwise conveniently offered them. This was 
especially the case in the pioneer communities which were 
rapidly in course of settlement. 

Measures looking towards the securing of the episcopate for 
the colonial church were taken early in the eighteenth century, 
and similar efforts continued well up to the period of the War of 
the Revolution. The indispensable necessity of having a resident 
bishop, if the church in America was to make progress and de- 
velop itself according to its inherent genius, was felt by all who 
had the good of the church at heart and were familiar with the 
conditions. None felt this need more strongly than Talbot, and 
in season and out of season for twenty years he labored for this 
consummation. 


AN ADDRESS TO THE BISHOPS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH 


On November 2, 1705, there was a meeting in Burlington of 
the clergy of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, at which 
an address was drawn up, signed and sent under cover to the 
Lord Bishop of London. The petition setting forth the need for 
a suffragan bishop resident in the colonies was addressed: 


To the most Reverend fathers in God, the Lord Apps., the 
Right Reverend the Bishops and other Right Honorable mem- 
bers of the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign 
Parts. (Hills, Hzst. Ch. in Burlington, p. 61.) 


The document set forth in detail the weighty reasons that 
moved the petitioners in making their request. The importance 
of having a bishop on the ground to ordain persons locally seek- 
ing to enter the ministry of the church, instead of recruiting all 
such from the mothercountry, was strongly urged. It was pointed 
out that the colonial church for lack of a bishop was deprived of 
the advantages it might have possessed if it were made possible 
to give ordination to Presbyterian and Independent ministers, 
who desired to conform to the church and to receive Holy 
Orders. The impossibility of administering the rite of Confirma- 
tion was deplored. It was finally urged that the presence of a 


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bishop was needed for administrative purposes, and to represent 
churchmen in the council of the provinces, when they were sub- 
jected, as often happened, to misrepresentation and injustice. 
The address was signed by fourteen clergymen. A letter com- 
mendatory of the bearer of the address, the Rev. John Talbot, 
was drawn up and addressed to the Lord Bishop of London, 
wherein the qualifications of Talbot to give information regarding 
the state of the church were duly set forth. Together with the 
address, and the letter commendatory, was enclosed a separate 
petition to the Queen for a suffragan bishop, which the Bishop of 
London was to use his discretion in presenting. 

The Rev. Mr. Talbot subsequently went to England, and duly 
presented the address, and his credentials, but nothing came of 
the matter. 

Again in 1719, another petition on the subject of providing a 
bishop for the colonies was drawn up by Talbot, and signed by 
many, including the governor of Pennsylvania, and the wardens 
and vestrymen of Christ Church, Philadelphia, but again noth- 
ing was done. Talbot paid another visit to England in 1720, re- 
turning home in 1722. It was during this two years sojourn that 
he is said to have sought and obtained consecration from the 
non-juror bishops but whether this were the case or no the mat- 
ter has no practical significance, since he never publicly claimed 
or exercised episcopal prerogatives. 

Notwithstanding these repeated failures to get the Anglican 
authorities to act in the matter of providing a bishop for the 
colonial church, the pressure still continued, and from time to 
time petitions and appeals were sent setting forth the disabilities 
which the lack of a bishop caused, and the great advantages 
which the presence of one would entail, but all to no effect. 


REASONS FOR THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE A BISHOP 


It may be naturally asked why this reluctance on the part of 
the ecclesiastical authorities to comply with so entirely reason- 
able a request? The answer is to be found in the political exigen- 
cies of the times rather than in the mere apathy or active oppo- 
sition of the English bishops. The dissenting element in the 
colonies was a large and politically influential one, and as such 
was unalterably opposed to the establishment of episcopacy in a 


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land which they were disposed to regard as in a special sense 
their own rightful domain. The Presbyterians and Independents 
(Congregationalists) were dominant in certain sections, and the 
British government of the day, both in England and the colo- 
nies, was not disposed to offend such a powerful contingent. 
Members of these dissenting bodies had emigrated ostensibly be- 
cause of the religious and political disabilities they suffered from 
in the mother country, where episcopacy was established as the 
dominant form of Christianity, and the very idea of suffering the 
hated system to be erected here aroused their fiercest opposition. 

The political tie that bound the colonies to the mother coun- 
try was felt by British statesmen to be none too strong, and to 
depend rather upon the goodwill of the American people than 
upon any exterior conditions. Hence the interests of the church 
were sacrificed to the dictates of political expedience during the 
colonial period, and even after independence was secured the 
fear of irritating powerful elements in the United States post- 
poned the granting of the episcopate. Dr. Samuel Seabury was 
compelled to apply to the bishops of the Scotch Episcopal 
Church for the boon of consecration after vainly trying to per- 
suade the authorities of the English Church to act in his behalf, 
such setting up the plea that they were unable to act in the 
premises without the specific consent of Parliament. 


THE EPISCOPATE SECURED 


On November 14, 1784, Dr. Seabury was consecrated at 
Aberdeen, by Robert Kilgour, primus of the Scottish Church, 
assisted by Arthur Petrie, the Bishop of Ross and Moray, and 
John Skinner, the co-adjutor Bishop of Aberdeen. An Enabling 
Act was subsequently passed by Parliament in accordance with 
which the consecration of Dr. White of Pennsylvania and Dr. 
Provoost of New York took place at Lambeth, February 4, 1787. 
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. John Moore, was the conse- 
crator, and the co-consecrators were the Bishop of Bath and 


Wells, and the Bishop of Peterborough. 


A CRITICAL PERIOD 


The period following the war, say from 1785 to 1815, repre- 
sents a distinctive and critical epoch in the American Church, 


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PRE-WAR CONDITIONS 


since it was a grave question as to its survival and continuance 
under changed conditions. 

The chief source of information for this period, as far as this 
diocese is concerned, is found in the Yournals of the Diocese of 
New Fersey for the years 1785-1816, which were reprinted in one 
volume in 18go0, together with certain historical documents of 
cognate interest. These Journals throw a strong side light upon 
the parochial history, and furnish the official statistics which 
reveal many of the problems and difficulties with which the 
parish struggled during these formative years. 

No longer could assistance be expected from outside sources. 
It was henceforth a case of “help yourself or perish.” 


THE S.P.G. WITHDRAWS ITS HELP 


In 1779, it is stated “that there has been a total cessation of 
public worship in the provinces of New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
vania.” 

From this time the S.P.G. withdrew all its missionaries, and 
the church in America was henceforth deprived of the “‘nursing 
care and protection” which for three quarters of a century had 
been so generously given. 


GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK OF THE S.P.G. 


In 1869, at the time of the first Lambeth Conference of Angli- 
can bishops, throughout the world, Bishop Littlejohn of Long 
Island at a missionary conference given by the “Venerable So- 
ciety,” gave utterance to the sentiments of gratitude cherished 
by American churchmen towards the institution: 


For nearly the whole of the eighteenth century this Society 
furnished the only point of contact, the only bond of sympathy, 
between the Church of England and her children scattered 
over the waste places of the New World. . . . It is therefore 
with joy and gratitude, that we, the representatives of the 
American Church, greet the venerable society on this occasion 
as the first builder of our ecclesiastical foundations, and lay at 
her feet the golden sheaves of the harvest of her planting. 
(Tiffany, 4 Hist. of P. E. Church in the U.S., p. 281.) 


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POST-WAR CONDITIONS 


The post-war task that now confronted the faithful remnant 
of what was formerly the Church of England in the colonies was 
a colossal one. Parish organizations were disrupted, congrega- 
tions depleted or alienated, public services had been intermitted 
for long periods, and above all there was a great scarcity of 
clergy. Moreover the war had left a legacy of popular dislike and 


prejudice, which it took years to overcome. 


A NATIONAL CHURCH 


The first thing to do was to make it clear to all concerned that 
the Episcopal Church was no longer under the rule of the Estab- 
lished Church of England, or in any way dependent upon it. It 
must be henceforth not the Church of England in America, but 
the American Church. Thus only could it hope to regain the 
goodwill and support of Americans, and dissipate the distrust 
and prejudice with which it was commonly regarded by those 
outside its communion. 


EFFORTS TO°RESUSCITATE THE, CHURCH 


It was to the statesmanship of the Rev. William White, rector 
of Christ Church, Philadelphia, and subsequently the first 
bishop of Pennsylvania, that plans for resuscitating the Epis- 
copal churches and binding them together in at least a semblance 
of unity, were first formulated. In 1782, after active hostilities 
had ceased, White published anonymously a pamphlet entitled 
The Case of the Episcopal Churches in the United States Con- 


sidered. 


This pamphlet advocated an immediate movement, without 
waiting for the presence of a bishop, which should bring the 
churches into some measure of association and common gov- 
ernment. Most of the principles maintained in the pamphlet 
were afterwards incorporated in the Constitution of the church. 
The general features of the plan still exist in the organization, 
which was finally established in 1789. (Tiffany, 4 Hist. of the 
P. E. Church in the United States, p. 291.) 


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PRE-WAR CONDITIONS 


THE PART PLAYED BY THE REV. DR. WHITE 


White was one of the few clergymen in this section of the 
country who had thought it compatible with his ecclesiastical 
obligations to embrace the cause of the patriots. Upon the adop- 
tion of the Declaration of Independence he proceeded in the 
public services of the church to substitute in the liturgical 
prayers for the King and Parliament the Continental Congress 
as representing the de facto government of the country. Though 
to use his own phrase, he “never beat the ecclesiastical drum,” 
he was chosen chaplain to the Continental Congress in 1777, and 
subsequently acted in the same capacity to the Federal Congress 
as long as Philadelphia remained the seat of government. 

Shortly after peace was declared conferences of the clergy and 
faithful laymen began to be held in various parts of the country, 
with a view to adopting measures to resuscitate the church’s for- 
tune. Even before the close of hostilities such a conference had 
been held at Chester town, Maryland, November 8, 1780, when 
the title “Protestant Episcopal,” as defining the Episcopal 
Church in Maryland, was adopted for local use, and subse- 
quently came into general acceptance. 


MEETING AT NEW BRUNSWICK 


The movement to constitute one Episcopal Church for the 
whole United States was begun at an informal meeting of several 
clergymen from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, held 
at New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 11, 1784. The meeting was 
called specifically for the purpose of considering the affairs of the 
“Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of the 
Clergy,” which had been founded in 1769, for the benefit of the 
three provinces represented at the meeting. It had become neces- 
sary, in view of the changed conditions, to revise the charter of 
the society, and to arrange for an equitable division of the funds. 
There were present at this meeting three representatives from 
each of the three states: from New York the Revs. Bloomer, 
Benjamin and Thomas Moore; from New Jersey the Revs. 
Beach, Frazer and Ogden; from Pennsylvania the Revs. Dr. 
White and Magraw, with the Rev. Mr. Blackwell. Several lay- 


men were also present, among whom were John and Richard 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Stevens of New Jersey, Richard Dennis and Colonel Hoyt. The 
Rev. Dr. White of Philadelphia presided. An informal discussion 
ensued as to the plans necessary to effect a unity among the 
churches. No definite action, however, was taken at the time, 
but a committee was appointed to attend a convention in New 
York which should be composed of representatives of the clergy 
and laity in the different states. 


ONE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES 


This convention met on the 6th of October following. The 
representatives from New Jersey were the Rev. Uzal Odgen, and 
John De Hart, John Chetwood and the Rev. Samuel Spragg. 
Besides New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland were represented. 

A report was presented and adopted, which provided that 
there should be one Episcopal Church for the United States, to 
be constitutionally governed by representatives, clerical and lay, 
from the church in each state, that this church embody the doc- 
trine and adopt the liturgy of the English church, so far as con- 
sistent with the changed political situation; that bishops, when 
obtained, be recognized as ex officio members of the General Con- 
vention, and that the concurrence of clergy and laity be essential 
for the validity of all measures. The first meeting of this General 
Convention was appointed for the Tuesday before the feast of 
St. Michael (1.e., September 29) 1785, at Philadelphia. 


THE FIRST CONVENTION IN THE DIOCESE OF 
NEW JERSEY 


In New Jersey the first diocesan or state convention met at 
New Brunswick July 6, 1785, consisting of three clergymen and 
fourteen laymen. To this first of three sittings St. Michael’s 
Church sent no representative, but at the second sitting held in 
St. Peter’s Church, Perth Amboy, May 16-19 in the following 
year the name of John Douglass is recorded as a delegate from 
St. Michael’s Church. At the third sitting held in St. Mary’s 
Church, Burlington, on the 28th and 29th of September, 1786, 
_ the delegates from St. Michael’s were David Brearley and Col- 
onel John Cox. At this sitting four clerical and four lay deputies 
were chosen to represent the diocese at the General Convention 


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PRE-WAR CONDITIONS 


to be held at Wilmington, Delaware, on the “1oth of October 
next.”” Among those selected was John Cox of St. Michael’s, 
Trenton. The Rev. William Frazer and Henry Waddell, the 
latter at that time a layman, but subsequently admitted to holy 
orders, were chosen deputies. Both of these were afterwards to 
serve in the rectorship of St. Michael’s Church. 

In the course of the three sittings of this Convention, certain 
Rules and Regulations were adopted, the general lines of which 
furnished the future constitution of the church in the diocese of 
New Jersey. 

It is interesting to note that the proceedings of this first con- 
vention with the appendix were printed in Trenton in 1787, at 
the press of Isaac Collins. 


THE NEW JERSEY DIOCESE ORGANIZED 


By the year 1787 the church in New Jersey was fully organized, 
and became a constituent part of the Episcopal Church of 
America. It was not, however, until 1815 that the diocese had a 
bishop of its own. 

During the intervening period the church in New Jersey had 
to depend for Episcopal ministrations upon such occasional 
services as could be rendered by the three bishops, who had re- 
ceived consecration abroad, and were thus constituted to per- 
petuate the American succession. 

At the convention of the church in New Jersey, held in Trinity 
Church, Newark, June 1791, the following resolution was passed: 


Bishops invited to officiate in New Fersey. On motion Resolved 
and Ordered That the Right Reverend Samuel Seabury, Bishop 
of Connecticut, the Right Reverend Samuel Provoost, Bishop 
of New York and the Right Reverend William White Bishop of 
Pennsylvania, be severally requested to ordain and confirm and 
also to perform all and any other act and acts of the Episcopal 
office for and in the diocese or district of New Jersey, until a 


Bishop shall be appointed for the same. 


There was now a National Church constituted in the Three 
Orders of the ministry, and it was possible to provide clergy of 
native stock, and to fulfill all the other requirements which per- 
tain to an autocephalous ecclesiastical body. 


The growth for the first thirty years was painfully slow. The 
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HISTORY, OPW MICHAELS GORGE 


insufficiency of clergy to man parishes and missions, the deple- 
tion of congregations, owing to the elimination of the loyalist 
element, which had previously constituted the main financial 
and social strength of the colonial church, and the apathy due to 
the long interruption of the public services: were all serious han- 
dicaps to the church’s life. 

At the diocesan convention of 1790, the presence of only five 
clergymen is recorded, a like number in 1791, eight in 1792, six 
in 1793, and also in 1794, four only in 1795, three only in 1796. 
In 1797 at the convention held in St. Michael’s Church, four, the 
same number in 1798, and five in 1799. In that year thirteen 
parishes were represented by lay delegates. Thus for the first 
fifteen years, as measured by clerical and lay representatives 
present in the convention, there'would appear to have been little 
or no growth. 


REPORT TO THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF 1814 


In 1814 in a report made to the General Convention held that 
year, as to the “state of the church,” appear the following re- 
garding New Jersey: 


From the Journals and reports of the Convention in this state, 
it appears that the number of congregations duly organized is 
twenty-seven. Of this number only seven enjoy the constant 
service of the ministry; four or five others have their Churches 
regularly though but a part of the time, opened on Sundays, by 
clergymen. To provide the remaining congregations, which are 
unable to maintain Clergymen for themselves, with the admin- 
istration of the word and ordinances, a fund has been raised by 
the Convention, which is always ina state of gradual augmenta- 
tion. There are in the diocese six instituted Rectors the whole 
number of officiating ministers is nine. 


GH ATERE RY XT 
THE RESUMPTION OF SERVICES 


PARISH HISTORY 1783-1815 


T a meeting of the congregation of St. Michael’s Church 
of Trenton, held the fourth day of January, 1783, the 
following resolution was adopted: 
Whereas the public worship of Almighty God, agreeable to the 
forms heretofore established, having by order of the Rector 
Wardens and Vestry made the Seventh day of July 1776, been 
untill this time Suspended, and now by the all wise dispensa- 
tions of divine providence, the American States have become 
Free, Sovereign and Independent; And the Congregation being 
deeply impressed with the duty, the necessity and the pro- 
priety of revising and continuing of public worship according 
to the Evangelical doctrine of Episcopacy, have therefore pro- 
ceeded to the Election, and appointment of the Officers of the 
Church, whereupon the following persons were chosen, viz: 


, Wardens 
Rensselaer Williams Isaac D Cow, Esquires 
Vestry 
Elijah Bond John Singer 
Robert Pearson . James Emerson 
Charles Axford William Cannon 
Robert Singer Michajah How 
Francis Witt William Trent 
Charles Axford, Junr. Robert L. Hooper, Junr. 


Thus briefly stated and with the action taken necessary to the 
resumption of its corporate life, there begins a new chapter in 


the history of St. Michael’s parish. 


REPAIRS * TO THE CHURCH 


The most pressing matter after the reorganization of the 
parish, was concerned with the dilapidations which the building 
had undergone, as the result of neglect and hard usage during 
the war. Appropriate action was soon taken looking to the needed 
repairs. 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


At a meeting of the congregation held on Saturday, April 2, 
1785, the following resolution was adopted: 


Whereas the said Church is much out of repair and a Subscrip- 
tion being already made to a considerable amount for repairing 
the same, it is therefore ordered that Mr. Brearley, Mr. Axford 
Junr. and Mr. Cox be appointed to inspect the Church in order 
to ascertain what repairs are necessary to be made to the same, 
that they make an estimate of the expense thereof and report 
the same to the Wardens and Vestry on Saturday the 23rd 
inst., at three of the Clock in the Afternoon at the Academy. 


The matter is again alluded to in the minutes of a meeting held 
a few months later, September 3, 1785, when it is recorded that 
“Mr. John Singer is appointed to collect the monies subscribed 
for Repairing the Church.” 

Presumably the repairs were duly made, and the church build- 
ing was rendered decently habitable. 

On March 24, 1788, it is reported that “The Pew Rents for 
this year, commencing Easter Monday brought in £71:17:8, 
payable Quarterly.” 

The report for 1789 states that the income from pew-rents 
that year amounted to £72. 


A LEGACY FROM ELIJAH BOND 


Elijah Bond, who had been connected with the parish from 
the earliest days, serving on the vestry at least as early as 1754, 
and who was a warden in 1776, and subsequently continued as a 
member of the vestry elected in 1783, passed away about this 
time, leaving a substantial bequest to the parish in his will. 

Extract from the will of Elijah Bond. Will dated January 24, 
1785; Proved December 20, 1786 (Wills “B” 28, 21): 

It is my Will and I do hereby order & direct that the sum of 

£500 be put out at Interest by my executors and the Interest 

arising thereon I give & bequeath to the Minister of St. 

Michaels Church in Trenton and his successors forever (the 

Interest to commence from the appointment of the minister to 

said St. Michaels Church) in addition to his salary Provided a 

minister shall be appointed & officiate in said Church within 
seven years after my decease. If a minister shall not be appointed 

& officiate within the above mentioned time of seven years then 


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RESUMPTION OF SERVICES 


I order and direct the said sum of £500 to be paid as is herein 
after directed... . 

Executors, Isaac De Cow of Trenton & John Lawrence of 
Burlington. 


At a meeting on April 27, 1789, the following appears on the 
records: 


On motion ordered that Colo. John Cox, Colo. Sam! Ogden & 
Mr. Charles Axford be a Committee to enquire into the state 
of the Legacy bequeathed to the Minister of this Church by 
the late Elijah Bond and if the interest is not paid then to report 
to the next meeting of the Vestry the best mode of Obtaining 
the same. 


There was evidently some difficulty and a long delay in col- 
lecting this bequest, if it ever was paid, for six years later at a 


meeting of the vestry held on Saturday, May 30, 1795. 
Charles Axford, A. G. Claypoole and Richard Throckmorton 


were appointed a committee to ascertain the extent and nature 
of any donations which may have been made to this Church 
unreceived and unappropriated. ... 


The committee made a report at a “Meeting of the Congrega- 


tion of St. Michael’s Church held on Saturday October 10,1795.” 


The committee appointed at a Special Meeting on the 30th 
of May, 1795, beg leave to report— 

That Elijah Bond in and by his last Will and Testament did 
bequeath the sum of five hundred pounds to be put out at in- 
terest by his executors—the Interest to be paid to the Minister 
of St. Michael’s Church—but the Committee are uninformed 
whether any or how much of said Interest was paid to the Rev. 
William Frazer while he officiated as Rector of said Church— 
and are of opinion that this part of Elijah Bond’s Will has not 
been complied with by Isaac De Cow, the Acting Executor. 

That the said Church is entitled by the late Will of George 
Willocks to one third of the proceeds of certain Lands which 
have been sold under an Act of Assembly, by Trustees therein 
named for three hundred and eight pounds, five shillings, and 
three pence, of which Charles Axford has received in part thirty 
three pounds, fifteen shillings, for which he holds himself ac- 
countable, Etc. 

The Committee are further informed that the said St. 


ree yael 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


Michael’s Church is entitled to a legacy of three pounds under 
the Will of Sampson Adams, a free black man, deceased, which 
is in the hands of Maskel Ewing & George Ely, Executors of 
said Will. 

Wits “B”, 103 


Wix1 of George Willocks, of Perth Amboy, Daten January 3, 
1728; Provep February 13, 1728/9. 


CODICIL 


Irem. I order and appoint that my Land lying in Monmouth 
County by Bever Dam Brook be Sold and the money arising 
from that Sale to be Equally Divided amongst the Churches of 
Shrewsbury, Burlington and hopewell by my Executors. 


Wits *BY 34) 226: 


Witt of Sampson Adams, Datep August 1, 1792; PRovEepD 
August 16, 1792. 

. to the Episcopal Church of Trenton three pounds, to the 
Presbyterian Church of Trenton three pounds, to the Metho- 
dist Church of Trenton three pounds. 


THE SAMUEL TUCKER LEGACY 


Previously to this report, at a meeting held February 18,1792: 


Charles Axford reported that he had received of Benj. Smith 
one of the Executors of S. Tucker deceased a legacy left to the 
Church by said Tucker of £30 with four pounds interest thereon 
making thirty-four pounds. 


Wits “B” 31, 6: 


WiL_ of Samuel Tucker, Darep October 9, 1788; CopictL 
January 12, 1789; PRoveD January 24, 1789: 

Item: I give and bequeath the sum of thirty pounds to the 
Episcopal Church in Trenton to be paid to the vestry or wardens 
of said Church in one year after my decease by my executors 
after named. 


CONDITIONS IN ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH 


“In a comparative view of the state of the congregations com- 
posing the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New 


eee eae: 


RESUMPTION OF SERVICES 


Jersey, for three years ending May 30, 1810,” the following sta- 
tistics are given for St. Michael’s Church: 


Number of families 1809, 25 1810, 15 
Baptisms 1809, 13 1810, 3 
Of marriages and funerals none was reported. 


Among the prominent wardens and vestrymen serving on the 
vestry (1783-1815) were several who had been members before 
the war, viz.: Charles Axford and Charles Axford, Jr., Renssel- 
aer Williams, Michajah How, James Emerson, Elijah Bond and 
Samuel Meredith. The wardens during this period were Rens- 
selaer Williams, Isaac De Cow, David Brearley, Jonathan Rhea, 
John Rutherford, Joseph Higbee and William Pearson. 

Other vestrymen were Col. John Cox, Abraham G. Claypoole, 
Barnt DeKlyn, Major William Trent, Jacob Hester, Charles 
Higbee, Richard Howell, James Oram, Robert Singer, Pontius 
D. Stelle and Col. Samuel Ogden. 


LAY DELEGATES TO THE DIOCESAN CONVENTIONS (1786-1815) 
Charles Axford 1792 
Looe Baker 1814 
Hon. David Brearley 1786 
Abraham G. Claypoole 1794, 1797, 1799 


John Cox 1786, 1790 

John Douglass 1786 

Jacob Hester 1810 

Charles Higbee 1809, 1810, 1815 
Joseph Higbee 1810 

Samuel Ogden 1789, 1790 
James Oram 1810 

William Pearson 1800, 1810, 1811 
Jonathan Rhea T7955 LSI; 1811, 1814 
James A. Stevens 1815 

John Vanderegrift 1798 


Those serving on the “Corporation for the Relief of the 
Widows and Orphans of the Clergy” were Charles Higbee, 
Joseph Higbee, Samuel Meredith, Joseph McIlvaine and Jona- 
than Rhea. 


Mysto riual 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Conventions of the diocese were held in St. Michael’s Church 
in 1790, 1797, 1810 and in 1816. 

The deputies to the General Convention belonging to St. 
Michael’s Church during the same period, were the Hon. David 
Brearley, 1785; Abraham G. Claypoole, 1794-1797; John Cox, 
1786, 1789, 1790; Joseph Higbee, 1814; Samuel Ogden, 1789, 
1790, and Jonathan Rhea, 1795, 1812. 

Lay members serving on the Standing Committee of the dio- 
cese were John Cox, 1790, and Abraham G. Claypoole, 1797. 

(See Biographical Sketches A and B). 


CLERGYMEN SERVING THE PARISH 


During the period 1783-1815 St. Michael’s was served by the 


following clergymen, not counting occasional supply: 


The Rev. William Frazer 1787-1795 
The Rev. Henry Van Dike 1795 

The Rev. Henry Waddell 1798-1811 
The Rev. John Ward 1811-1813 


The Rev. Reuben Sherwood 1814-1815 


A report of a committee appointed by the convention held in 
May 1814 “for the purpose of examining the state of the church 
in that diocese and ascertaining what improvements had taken 
place since the sitting of the last General Convention” contain 
the following in reference to St. Michael’s Church: 


St. Michael’s Church at Trenton is at present destitute of a 
clergyman. It has however received partial supplies by the 
appointment of the Convention and the voluntary aids of indi- 
vidual clergymen. The church has lately been very much im- 
proved by a new modification of the pulpit and pews and the 
congregation possesses considerable zeal. Though it is quite 
small the committee hope under the auspices of the great Head 
of the Church, some way may be found to afford it the minis- 
tration of the word and ordinances. 

(Appendix No. 3, Yournals of the Convention of the Diocese of 
New Fersey, p. 3, 1785-1816.) 


The following references to St. Michael’s Church are taken 
from the Journals of the Diocesan Conventions 1811-1815: 


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RESUMPTION OF SERVICES 


Wednesday, May 1, 1811. 
P. 401: The Rev. Mr. (John) Ward, who has officiated at St. 
Michael’s Church, Trenton, since the decease of the Rev. Dr. 
Waddell their late Rector, reported, through Jonathan Rhea, 
Esq. That the number of families in that congregation is about 
25; Communicants, 13; Baptisms, since the last report, adults 
8 and children 17, 25. 
P. 405: The Rev. Dr. (Charles H.) Wharton (of St. Mary’s in 
Burlington) reported, that, owing to indisposition, all the fall 
and winter, he did not preach in any vacant church, except 
once at Trenton. 

Thursday, May 2, 1811. 

P. 408: Appointments to supply vacant churches—The Rev. 
Dr. Wharton, two Sundays at Trenton. 
P. 420: The Rev. John Croes, jun. reported, that agreeably to 
the appointment of the Convention, he officiated once on a 
Sunday in July last, at St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, which 


was then vacant... 


St. MIcHAEL’s CHURCH 


Thursday, May 6, 1813. 
P. 436: The Rev. Mr. (John) Ward, gave the following state- 
ment of this Church, through the Rev. Mr. Bayard. Families, 
about 25; Communicants, 17; Baptisms, 2. 
This Parish has now become vacant, by the removal of the 
Rev. Mr. Ward, to German-Town, in the Diocese of Penn- 
sylvania. 


P. 437: The Rev. John Croes, jun. reported, that he should 
have fulfilled his appointment to preach at Trenton; but that 
the Rev. Mr. Ward, having been engaged there, it became un- 
necessary. ... 

The Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, a Deacon in this diocese, reported, 
that, in August last, he received, and accepted an invitation 
from the Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Michael’s Church, 
Trenton, to preach for the term of three months, during the 
absence of their Minister, the Rev. John Ward. That, in that 
time, there occurred— 

Baptisnisi 2unian ts ameaciit ak tee ccs iol te 
NEL AlS te CSR U Me Aen atiele Rios 0S tht I 


That on the 7th of Dec. he received, and accepted an invita- 
tion from the Wardens and Vestrymen of Trinity Church, 


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HISTORT OF STAMICHALE SS CHGORGH 


Newark, to preach, during the absence of their Rector, the 
Rev. Joseph Willard... . 


STANDING CommitTTEE of the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church in New Jersey, at a Meeting in 
Elizabeth-Town on Wednesday, May 19, 1813 


P. 448: Appointments to supply vacant churches— 

The Rev. Dr. Wharton was appointed to officiate two 
Sundays, at Trenton. 

The Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, two Sundays, at Trenton. 


Prado ihe Rey Dr Cross reported 4. 2.1. 

That he had likewise officiated twice, on the 15th Sunday 
after Trinity, at St. Michael’s Church, Trenton; and twice in 
the same church, on the third Sunday after Easter. In the 
latter case he administered the holy communion to 17 persons. 

The Rev. Dr. Wharton reported, that he had officiated on 
One Sunday at St. Michael’s, Trenton: 

The Rev. Lewis P. Bayard reported, that, agreeably to ap- 
pointment, by the Convention, he had officiated on two Sun- 
days in St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, and .. . 


Thursday, May 5, 1814. 


P. 466: Appointments to supply vacant churches— 
Rev. Dr. Wharton, one Sunday, at Trenton. 


Panay: Rev. Lewis P. Bayard, one Sunday, at Trenton, 
aay as 


Convention of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church in the State of New Jersey, Held at 
Elizabeth-Town, May 3-4, 1815. 


Wednesday, May 3, 1815. 
P. 497: On motion, resolved, that Mr. Reuben Sherwood, a 
Candidate for holy orders, now officiating as a lay-reader at 
Trenton, be admitted to the sittings of this Convention. 


P. 498: The Rev. Dr. Croes reported, . . . That, in addition 
to his appointments, he officiated twice at St. Michael’s, 
Trenton, on the 5th Sunday after Easter, 1814, and baptized 
one child. 

The Rev. Mr. Bayard reported, that he officiated, at St. 
Michael’s Church, Trenton, on the eighth sunday after Trinity, 
and baptized two children. 


Weeks fort 


RESUMPTION OF SERVICES 


Thursday, May 4, 1815. 
P. 502: Appointments to supply vacant churches— 


Sunday 
The Rev. Dr. Croes, one at Trenton, and 
The Rev. Mr. (John Churchill) Rudd (of St. 
John’s Elizabeth), one at Trenton, and .. . 


P. 505: An application was made from the Wardens and Ves- 
try of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, that Mr. S. G. Espie 
Roberts, a Candidate for Holy Orders, in the Diocese of Penn- 
sylvania, be admitted to officiate as a Lay Reader, in said 


Church. 


The Committee met at Perth Amboy, Tuesday, August 23, 
1814. 


P. 506: The Rev. Dr. Croes laid before the Committee, certain 
papers respecting the pious and moral character of Mr. Reuben 
Sherwood, and his admission, as a Candidate for Holy Orders, 
in the Diocese of New-York; and made application for a license 
for him, to perform the office of Lay-Reader, in St. Michael’s 
Church, Trenton. Whereupon, it was resolved, that the Presi- 
dent be authorized to make out a license, and give Mr. Sher- 
wood the requisite instructions, 


The Committee adjourned, 
Joun Crogs, Jun., President. 


ISAAC COLLINS OF TRENTON PRINTS THE BIBLE 


At the fifth convention of the diocese held in Elizabeth Town, 
Friday, June 5, 1789, the following resolution urging congrega- 
tions to subscribe for copies of the Bibles printed at the press of 
Isaac Collins in Trenton was passed: 


As correct impressions of the holy scriptures, are of the utmost 
consequence, and as Mr. Isaac Collins, printer to the state of 
New Jersey, proposes, to print by subscription, a large quarto 
(p. 56) impression of the old and new testament on motion of 
Mr. (John) Cox (of St. Michael’s), resolved, that this conven- 
tion earnestly recommend to the several congregations of this 
church in the state of New Jersey, to encourage this laudable 
American undertaking, by procuring subscriptions for the same 
and affording it every other countenance in their power. 


fan's 8 


HISTORDT OR ST." MICHAEL SHO UAGH. 


(From Hall, History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, 
p. 119.) 


In 1788 Isaac Collins issued proposals to print a quarto edi- 
tion of the Bible in nine hundred and eighty-four pages at the 
price of four Spanish dollars, one dollar to be paid at the time 
of subscribing . . . the quarto edition (five thousand Copies) 
was published in 1791 . . . Collins’ Bible was so carefully re- 
vised that it is still a standard. Himself and his Children read 
all the proofs... . 


1322) 


OLENA ROE Ue 


THE RECTORATE OF THE REV. WILLIAM FRAZER 


nk inlay 
HERE is no mention in the Convention Journals, until 
1790, of any clergyman settled in St. Michael’s Parish, or 
of the appointment of any to furnish services or ministrations. 
In the Journal of 1790, the Rev. William Frazer’s name appears 
for the first time as being in charge. 


THE REV. WILLIAM FRAZER ENGAGED 


In the minutes of the vestry under date July 23, 1787, is the 
following note: 


They engaged the Revd. Wm. Frazier to preach at the said 
Church every other Sunday and agreed to give him the Rent of 
the Pews in said Church to be collected and paid quarterly. 


Under date Dec. 8, 1788: 


The Rev’d Mr. William Frazer personally came and consented 
and agreed to take upon himself the duties and Office of minis- 
ter & Rector of the aforesaid Church, and thereupon he sub- 
scribed the Declaration contained in the Ninth Article of the 
Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Church: And 
he the said Rev’d William Frazer was then duly and regularly 
Inducted into the said Church. 


It would appear therefore that from the time when the church 
was reopened, after the war in 1783 until 1787, that the services 
were of such an intermittent kind that no record was made. 

Probably Mr. Frazer, previous to his permanent engagement 
officiated in St. Michael’s from time to time as opportunity 
offered. During the war he had remained at his post at St. 
Andrew’s Church, Amwell, and as suggested in Parker’s His- 
torical Sketches (p. 110) it is in every way probable that he held 
services at Trenton, since he records marriages, baptisms and 
funerals of Trenton people during the years 1769-1785. 


Reerem 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


THE REV. MR. FRAZER'S WORK AT AMWELL 


In his account of St. Andrew’s Church, Amwell, Parker (Hz5- 
torical Sketches, p. 9) gives the following account of Mr. Frazer’s 
work there: 


The Rev’d William Frazer reports to the Society (S.P.G.) his 
arrival in May 1768 and says: “At Amwell there is the shell of 
a small stone church built as [ am informed about 17 years ago, 
but never finished. (This must have been the second building.) 
There I officiate every 3d Sunday to a full congregation chiefly 
of dissenters . . . the situation of this Church truly lament- 
able; there being at present no more than 3 families who profess 
themselves members of our Church.” May 20, 1769, he writes 
that “the Church continues in the same shattered condition, but 
I am in hopes of having it repaired this summer.” September 
28, 1769: “In a few weeks I am in hopes of seeing this long neg- 
lected building completely and decently furnished.’ November 
7, 1770: “Our congregation at Amwell rather increases.”’ 


THE CHURCH AT AMWELL (RINGOES) 


Snell, History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, p. 358. 


CHURCHES 


So early as 1725 an Episcopal church was in existence at 
Ringoes. It was built of logs, and was located just beyond the 
railroad station.! It was organized under a charter from the 
Crown by a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of 
the Gospel in Foreign Parts.’ Both organization and edifice have 
long since ceased to exist, and at the present time no Episcopal 
society is to be found in East Amwell. 


1An indenture made January 22, 1725, between Wm. Lummox, and John Knowles 
and Duncan Oliphant, all of Amwell township, witnesseth, that “in consideration 
of the sum of five shillings of current silver money,” Wm. Lummox conveyed unto 
Knowles and Oliphant a tract of land containing eleven acres, “‘being a part of the 
plantation whereon the said Wm. Lummox now lives,” the bounds of which began 
in the line of Wm. Lummox and Francis Moore’s land, and ran “‘by land of Godfrey 
Peters, crossing the King’s road”’ (the Old York Road); being part of a larger tract 
purchased by Lummox of Nathan Allen of Monmouth. This conveyance was in 
“trust to the sole benefit and towards the settling of the Church of England minis- 
try, and for no other intent or purpose whatsoever.”’ Sealed and delivered in presence 
of John Parke, Nathaniel Pettit, John S. Locker, Christopher Becket, etc., and 
attested by John Reading. 

First Century of Hunterdon County, Rev. Dr. Mott. 


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The successor to the old parish at Amwell bears the name Sv. 
Andrew's Church Amwell at Lambertville, and was incorporated 
in 1845. The town of Lambertville is within the limits of the 
ancient parish of Amwell. 

On Christmas Day 1784, as soon as possible after the cessa- 
tion of hostilities, the Rev. Mr. Frazer reopened the church at 
Amwell and resumed his pastoral activities. 

The following certificate signed by the wardens and vestry- 
men testifies to the high esteem in which he was held in the 
community: 


We the subscribers, wardens and vestrymen of St. Andrews 
Church in the township of Amwell, County of Hunterdon and 
western Division of the State of New Jersey do certify and de- 
clare That the Rev’d William Frazer did open his Church in 
said Amwell on Christmas Day last and has ever since regularly 
performed divine service in the same; and as far as consistent 
with our knowledge his conduct and behaviour has been pru- 
dent and exemplary in every respect, becoming a minister of 
the Gospel. 

Witness our hand this seventeenth Day of September 1785. 


Evans Gopown, RoBert SHARP, wardens. 

Joun Roseson, JoHN ANDERSON, JONAS CHATBURN, 
SAMUEL OppyckE, JoHN Mitprum, RoBErtT STEVENSON, 
Joun Tatrerson, Davip Heatu, Jonn WELCH, vesirymen. 


(Snell, History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, p. 281.) 
THE REV. MR. FRAZER'S DIARY 


In Hall’s History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, (pp. 
211, 212) there are some notes regarding the Rev. William 
Frazer taken from a diary which he kept, and which was con- 
tinued by his wife after his death. 


The Rev. William Frazer, rector of St. Michael’s Protestant 
Episcopal Church from 1788 to 1795, kept a boys’ school in 
Trenton for a considerable time. To this school the sons of many 
prominent families of Burlington, Philadelphia, &c., were sent. 
Rev. Mr. Frazer, and after him his widow, kept a diary of daily 
events, in which may be found mention of very many names, 
incidents and occurrences which illustrate vividly the social life 
of Trenton during that period... . 


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On the following 8th of December, 1788, Mr. Frazer accepted 
the position and was formally inducted, the connection of Mr. 
Armstrong with the Presbyterian Church beginning about the 
same time, and the two congregations, as well as their respective 
pastors and families, maintaining much of religious as well as 
social fellowship—greatly promoted by the fact that for many 
years both ministers were absent from Trenton at other settle- 
ments, on alternate Sabbaths, and the people were much in the 
habit of worshipping together. . . . I have a sermon of Rev. 
Mr. Frazer’s on Affliction, Job 5: 6, 7, with the following note 
by his widow: 

“The last sermon my dearest and ever beloved Mr. Frazer 
preached in his church in Trenton in the forenoon of the 28th 
of June, Samuel Stockton, Esq., being buried in the afternoon 
and a sermon preached on the solemn occasion by the Rev. Mr. 
Armstrong. 

“This sermon was the first object that presented itself to my 
view as it lay on my dear husband’s desk in his study, the first 
time I entered that room after his death; and which I could not 
help thinking was put there for my comfort, as it afforded me 
great consolation, as it appeared to me that although he was 
taken from me, he yet spoke comfort to my afflicted heart. R.F. 

The sermon was preached in St. Michael’s Episcopal Church 
on June 28, 1795. (See S. D. Alexander, Princeton College during 
the Eighteenth Century, p. 270.) 


There is a note concerning the Rev. Mr. Frazer in The Letters 
of Moore Furman (p. 90): 

Mr. Frazer, born 1743, married Rebecca, daughter of Rev. 

Colin Campbell of Burlington and Martha Bard, his wife, and 

died July 6, 1795. 

Mr. Frazer was of the distinguished Scottish family of that 
name and his wife of the family of the Duke of Argyle and cele- 
brated Tory family of Bard, to which Washington’s New York 
physician belonged. He was sent out as a missionary to America 
and in 1768 took charge of St. Michael’s Trenton; St. Andrews, 
Amwell; St. Thomas, Kingwood and a small mission at Mes- 
conetcong, where he labored until the breaking out of the Revo- 
lution. As he was supported by the British missionary Society, 
he felt it his duty to continue praying for the Royal Family, 
which made him obnoxious to the Patriots. He was unable to 
continue holding services, but was so tactful and gentle that as 
soon as the war was over he was able to resume his ministry. 


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Under date November 26, 1791, (p. 89) Moore Furman 
writes: 
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton came to town last night; they have 


brought their son to put to boarding school to our Episcopal 
Church Parson. 


The Hamiltons here alluded to were General Alexander Ham- 
ilton, aide to Washington, and subsequently the first secretary 
of the treasury, and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler, daughter of 
General Philip Schuyler. The boy placed at Mr. Frazer’s School 
was Philip, their eldest son, a brilliant young man who was 
killed in a duel in 1801 at the age of 20. 

The body of the Rev. William Frazer was buried in St. 
Michael’s churchyard. Subsequently when the church building 
was extended over the graves of the Frazer family a stone was 
imbedded in the east wall giving the names of its members. A 
copy of the original inscription on the tombstone of William 
Frazer has been preserved and reads as follows: 


In memory of the Rev. William Frazer of St. Michael’s 
Church Trenton and St. Andrew’s Amwell, who departed this 
life the 6th day of July, 1795, aged 52 years. If gentleness and 
inoffensive manners, benevolence and meekness, can secure the 
goodwill of man as certainly as sincere piety will recommend to 
the favor of God, then has Frazer joined the inhabitants of 
heaven, and not left an enemy on earth. 


THE REV. HENRY VAN DIKE 


Following the death of the Rev. William Frazer, July 6, 1795, 
at a meeting of the congregation on October 10 of the same year, 
there appears the following minute: 


The Rev. Mr. Van Dike having proposed to officiate in said 
Church once every four weeks so long as the same shall be des- 
titute of a minister resident at Trenton, for which he demands 
fifty pounds per Annum. It is agreed that the said proposal be 
acceeded to; the Salary to commence on the Ist day of October 
Inst. That the Rents of the Pews having ceased at the time of 
Mr. Frazer’s death be considered as commenced a new on the 
first Instant and at the former rates. 


It is the opinion of this meeting that L100 per annum can be 
raised for the support of a Rector of this Church. 


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HISTORY. ORWUSTS MICHAELS GAURGH 


SKETCH OF THE REV. HENRY VAN DIKE 


The Rev. Henry Van Dike was a native of New York City, 
born on Nassau Street in 1740. He was graduated from King’s 
College (Columbia) in the class of 1761. He became a candidate 
for Holy Orders and subsequently had charge of churches in 
Milford and West Haven, Conn. He became rector of Christ 
Church, Poughkeepsie, in 1789, remaining there until 1791. In 
the same year he accepted a call to Christ Church, Perth 
Amboy, at the same time having Christ Church, New Bruns- 
wick, under his care. In 1793 he accepted a call to St. Mary’s 
Church, Burlington. In 1797 he became rector of St. James’ 
Church, Newtown, Long Island, which was his last charge, 
holding it until his death in 1804. (See Hist. St. Peter’s Church, 
Perth Amboy, 1924, pp. 89, 90 abridged.) 


During the period of his rectorate of St. Mary’s Burlington, 
the Rev. Mr. Van Dike also had charge of Moorestown, and 
particularly of St. Andrew’s, Mount Holly. 

The Rev. Charles Henry Wharton then at Bristol, Pa., had 


been considered for the vacant rectorship. 


October 10, 1795. On motion seconded and agreed that Abr. G. 
Claypoole, Mr. Pearson & Jonathan Rhea be a committee to 
correspond with the Church of Bristol to take up the letter read 
in favor of the Revd. Mr. Wharton and inform him what this 
church is willing to do for a Rector who may be approved by 
them; and give him such other information that they may be 
able to collect. 


The call was declined; perhaps the inducements held out by 
the vestry were not favorably regarded by Mr. Wharton. 

The Rev. Mr. Wharton here alluded to was the Rev. Charles 
Henry Wharton, one of the men most instrumental in framing 
the Constitution, and forming the Prayer Book. He accepted the 
rectorship of St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, in 1796. In 1801 
he was chosen president of Columbia College in New York, but 
resigned after one year when he resumed his rectorship of St. 
Mary’s, Burlington, and continued there until his death in 1833, 
in the eighty-sixth year of his age. 


ABO 


CREPE RO XY, 


THE RECTORATE OF THE REVEREND HENRY WADDELL 
1798-1811 


THE REV. JOHN WARD I8I1I-1813 
THE REV. REUBEN SHERWOOD I814-I1815 


ROBABLY the Rev. Henry Van Dike continued for a 
season to officiate “once every four weeks” while the parish 
was looking for a suitable clergyman, as a permanent rector. The 
choice finally fell wpon the Rev. Henry Waddell, to whom sev- 
eral references in connection with the conventions of the diocese 
have been previously made. His election was announced at a 


meeting of the vestry held April 14, 1798. 


At a Meeting of the Wardens & Vestry of St. Michael’s Church, 
April 14, 1798. 

A letter from the Revd Henry Waddell signifying that he is 
desirous of removing to this City and willing to devote half his 
time (that is) every other Sunday to this Congregation as their 
Rector and minister for the annual sum of one hundred and 
twenty five pounds payable quarter yearly, was read— 

Whereupon it was resolved that the Revd Henry Waddell be 
invited to officiate as Rector & Minister of this Church, and 
that upon his accepting the said Invitation and his induction 
into the Ministry of this Church, the said Wardens & Vestry 
will pay unto the said Henry Waddell the sum of one hundred 
and twenty five pounds annually to be paid quarterly for his 
services as aforesaid. 

Resolved that Jonathan Rhea & Abraham G. Claypoole be a 
committee to invite the Revd Henry Waddell to the Ministry 
of this Church. 


Followed by a letter of acceptance by Rev. Henry Waddell, 
dated Trenton, April 16, 1798. 

At a Meeting of the Wardens & Vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church, May 27, 1798. 

The Rev. Henry Waddell was inducted into the Rectory 
(rectorship) of this Church by Robert Pearson, one of the 


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Wardens, who led him into the Church, delivered him the key 
thereof, & pronounced these words: “By order of the Wardens 
& Vestry of St. Michael’s Church in Trenton, I induct you into 
the real & actual possession of the Rectory (rectorship) of said 
Church with all its appurtenances.” 

(Pew Rent for the coming year £76:15:0.) 


The rectorate of the Rev. Henry Waddell was to continue for 
thirteen years, and was only terminated by his death in 1811. 
Here are some notes regarding burials in the churchyard: 


Annual Meeting on Easter Monday, April 14, 1800, for election 
of officers. 

Ordered that the sexton shall not suffer the Body of any 
Person who did not in his life time belong to this Church, to be 
buried in the yard without the leave in writing of the Minister 
and one Warden; or, in the Minister’s absence, without the 
leave of one Warden— 

Ordered that not less than one nor more than Ten Dollars at 
the Discretion be paid for the liberty of interring in the Church 
yard the corpse of a stranger or one not holding a seat in this 
Church, or contributing to the support of the Minister. The 
money to be received & accounted for by the Sexton. 

Ordered that the Sexton shall deliver to the Minister of this 
Church, every three months, an exact account of the number of 
burials in the Church yard, and the names of the persons interred. 

Adjourned to meet on the last Monday in May for the pur- 
pose of letting the Pews for the ensuing year. 


A legacy to the church is reported. 


At a Meeting of the Wardens & Trustees of St. Michael’s 
Church on the 27th of April, 1801. 

The Rev. Mr. Waddell reported that he and Charles Axford 
had received a warrant from the Eastern Proprietors for 142% 
Acres of land in full of a devise made by the last Will and Tes- 
tament of George Willox deceased, to the Churches of Burling- 
ton, Shrewsbury and Trenton—Whereupon resolved That the 
Revd Mr. Waddell and Charles Axford be requested to sell the 
right of this Church, to the said Warrant and take Bond and 
security for the payment of the purchase money in the names of 
the Trustees of this Church and their successors. 


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A FINANCIAL CRISIS 


The financial affairs of the parish were now causing consider- 
able concern; the salary of the rector being in arrears as appears 
from the following report made at a meeting of the vestry held 
on April 27, 1801: 

The Rev. Mr. Waddell presented his account for his salary of 

One Hundred and twenty-five pounds a year to be Paid 

quarterly, whereby it appears that on the first day of May 

Next there will be a ballance due to him of the sum of sixty- 

seven Pounds One shilling and four pence half penny. 


Conditions must have gone from bad to worse until they 
reached a climax seven years later, when a special committee was 
appointed, consisting of Jonathan Rhea and Charles Higbee. A 
meeting of the wardens and trustees was held March 7, 1808, 
“to investigate the temporal concerns of the Church and report 
thereon on the 21st Instant.” 

The following 1s the report of the committee and reveals the 
financial depths to which the parish had sunk at this time. The 
report is here printed in full, together with the answer returned 
by the Rev. Mr. Waddell to the singular proposition made to 
him. 

Special Meeting of the Wardens & Trustees of St. Michael’s 

Church March 7, 1808. 

Resolved that Jonathan Rhea and Charles Higbee be a Com- 
mittee to investigate the temporal concerns of the Church & 
report thereon by the 21st Instant. 


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 


By virtue of the above resolution your Committee beg leave 
to report, that they have made every investigation within their 
power, & are sorry not only for the sake of Episcopacy in Gen- 
eral but this Church in particular, that they have found the 
temporal concerns of St. Michaels to be in a very wretched and 
impoverished state. From the best estimate they can make, they 
do not believe that more than one Hundred & eighty Dollars 
can be raised for the support of their Pastor the ensuing year. 
That by a letter that they have recd from him it appears, that 
the arrearages of salary, which will be due to him, will on the 
ist day of May next amount to $1079. That many of the original 


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subscribers are insolvent & several have died. That among 
those who are able to pay, the following arrears for subscrip- 
tions and pew rent appears to be due, to wit from Robert Pear- 
son $62, Capt Barnt D Klyne $60.75, from William Pearson 
$69.60, The Rev. Nathl Harris $24 and some other smaller 
sums. That besides the arrears due for subscriptions & pew 
rents, the only property of the church consists of a small share 
of a few propriety rights, a lot of wood land in the Township of 
Trenton near Ebenezer Rose’s, & the Interest due on a legacy 
of £500 bequeathed by the last will of the late Elijah Bond, 
deceased. From the large amount of arrears due to the Revernd 
Dr. Waddell & from the very few Members who appear disposed 
to support the Church, your Committee are of opinion, that it 
will be impossible to collect all those arrears, and as a final set- 
tlement ought to be made with Dr. Waddell, they beg leave to 
recommend the following, as the only means in the power of the 
congregation to obtain a final settlement, to wit, that the Trus- 
tees give him full authority to recover & receive all such arrears 
as are or may be due on the first day of May next for subscrip- 
tions & pew rents. That they transfer to him the right of the 
Church to the propriety rights now in his hands. That they 
convey to him in fee the lot of Wood land near E. Rose’s, and 
that they give him full power to recover all the arrears of Inter- 
est due on the legacy bequeathed by the late Elijah Bond de- 
ceased. Your Committee are fully convinced that this is all that 
can be done, and if the Reverend Dr. Waddell should think 
proper to acceed to such terms of settlement, your committee 
would further recommend, that the Church should engage to 
use all lawfull ways & means in their power to raise as much 
money as they possibly can by subscriptions & pew rents & 
punctually pay the same to him quarter yearly for his next 
year’s salary. Your Committee seriously lament the drooping 
situation of our church, & from necessity are compelled to be- 
lieve that unless the suggested compromise can be effected, the 
wholesome, pleasant & true doctrine of the gospel, inculcated & 
taught by their worthy Pastor must at least be suspended until 
a more favorable season. 


JONATHAN RHEA«, 
CHARLES HIGBEE. 


Meeting of the Trustees & Wardens of St. Michael’s Church 
March 21, 1808. 
The report of Jonathan Rhea & Charles Higbee being read, 


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It was ordered that the same be accepted, entered on the min- 
utes & in all things confirmed. 

Resolved that a Copy of the Minutes from the 7th to the 
21st of March, 1808, including the report be served on the 
Rev. Dr. Waddell by Mr. James Oram, and that the said Mr. 
Oram request his answer to the proposal made in the report of 
the Committee before the first of May next. 


THE REV. DR. WADDELL’S VIEW OF THE PROPOSITION 


Annual Meeting, Easter Monday, April 18, 1808. 

The answer of the Rev. Dr. Waddell to the Report of the 
Committee reported on March 21, 1808, being read, was on 
motion accepted, and J. Rhea, Charles Higbee & John L. Nu- 
gent appointed a Committee on the same. 

“The Rev. Dr. Waddell presents his best Respects & good 
wishes to the Wardens and Trustees of St. Michael’s Church, 
and informs them that, owing to the smallness of their number 
(and the insolvency & Removal of some of the original subscrib- 
ers), he is well convinced that it is not in their power to fulfill 
their first Agreement with their Minister, without great incon- 
venience to themselves, he therefore cheerfully acceeds to the 
Report of the Committee, & the proposal of the Trustees as to 
the future salary, relying upon their Endeavors to raise it by 
subscriptions above the pittance of $180 and also that they will 
continue their efforts to collect the old debt from former sub- 
scribers. It will not suit Mr. Waddell to undertake the Collec- 
tion of the old debt, because it was never intended that he 
should be put to the Trouble of collecting it, and in many cases 
it might subject him to abuse & insult. It would be better to 
relinquish the whole debt, than to collect it on such terms. Mr. 
Waddell also expects that the Trustees will be at the Expense 
of instituting a suit for the Recovery of Mr. Bond’s Legacy, 
as the Church will be benefited in future by the recovery, but 
he has no objection to bear his proportion of the Expense. Mr. 
Waddell being much more infirm than he was a few years ago, 
finds it impossible for him to go thro the Church services twice 
in one day, but whenever he is able to do so, he will perform the 
service & preach once in two weeks. 

Trenton, 16th April, 1808.” 


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DEATH OF THE REV. HENRY WADDELL 


The Rev. Mr. Waddell died January 20, 1811. He seems to 
have been a man of marked ability, a fine preacher, a devoted 
pastor and much beloved by his flock. 

In Parker’s Historical Sketches (p. 112) are printed the follow- 
ing facts as to his career: 


Rev’d Henry Wappe-t. He was a lay delegate, from Christ 
Church, Shrewsbury, to the Conventions of 1786 and 1787; 
and at once assumed a prominent part. Was a member of the 
Committee which draughted the first Ecclesiastical Constitu- 
tion, and to prepare the Memorial to the General Convention 
against the ‘Proposed Book;” was elected a Lay Deputy to the 
General Convention, and attended as such in October 1786; 
was ordered Priest, by Bishop Provoost in New York City, 
October 27, 1787, and was present at the Convention of 1788, 
as Minister of Christ Church, Shrewsbury; was elected Clerical 
Deputy for New Jersey, and attended as such, at the Conven- 
tion of 178g. From that time forth, until his death, he was most 
prominent in all Church matters in the Conventions, General 
and Diocesan; was Secretary of the House of Bishops, and a 
member of the Standing Committee of N.J. He is buried in the 
Churchyard, and his tombstone is thus inscribed: 

_ Sacred to the memory of Rev'd HENRY WADDELL, D.D. 
Rector of St. Michael’s Church, who departed this life January 
20, 1811, in the 62d year of his age. 

“A faithful and affectionate pastor; a sincere and zealous 
Christian; an amiable and honest man. His body is buried in 
peace, but his soul shall live forever.” 


The Trenton Federalist under date of January 28, 1811, 
printed the following obituary notice: 


Died. On Sunday morning the 2oth inst. the Rev’d Henry 
Waddell in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was faithful in 
the ministry of Jesus Christ, and for many years pastor of St. 
Michael’s Church in Trenton. During a life of virtuous inno- 
cence he discharged his duty with becoming charity. In his 
friendship he was sincere—in his affections—sometime before 
his death he was subject to fevers, etc. 


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THE REV. JOHN WARD 


After the death of the Rev. Mr. Waddell, the Rev. John Ward 
officiated in 1813, when he removed to Germantown, Pennsyl- 
vania. Who this Mr. Ward was seems not very clear; his name is 
not found in the list of clergy of those days, appended to the 
Journals of the General Convention. 


Meeting of the Wardens & Vestry on February 18, 1811. 
Jonathan Rhea and Charles Higbee appointed a Committee of 
Correspondence with sundry Divines in this and other States 
in procuring a Pastor of said Church, in place of the Rev. Dr. 
Waddell, deceased. 

Rey. Mr. Ward having consented to perform Divine Service 
in this Church twice every Sabbath until the first of May 
next; accepted. 


Meeting of Wardens & Vestry on April 28, 1811. 
Rev. Mr. Ward departed from St. Michael’s on April 29th, 
for which he received $30. 


Meeting of Wardens & Vestry on July 1, 1811. 

A letter from Rev. Mr. Rudd containing an extract of a letter 
from Rev. Mr. Ward to him, said—“If the good people of St. 
Michael’s are disposed to listen to my feeble voice, and can 
make provision for my decent support, I shall cheerfully re- 
turn to them.” 

Mr. Jona Rhea & Charles Higbee appointed a Committee to 
invite the Rev. John Ward to the Rectorship of this Church, 


for one year at a salary of $350. 


Meeting of Wardens & Vestry, July 24, 1811. 

Jona Rhea & Charles Higbee reported that they wrote to 
Rev. John Ward on the 2d instant, inviting him to the Rector- 
ship of St. Michael’s. 

Rev. Mr. Ward replied accepting the Rectorship, expecting 
to arrive in Trenton about the tst of August. 

The Rev. Mr. Ward arrived in Trenton on Thursday, August 
I, 1811, and officiated on Sunday, August 4, 1811, for one year. 


Meeting of Wardens & Vestry, May 24, 1812. 
On February 8, 1812, six months salary, from August 4, 1811 
to February 4, 1812, paid to Rev. Mr. Ward, $175.00. 


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ALTERATIONS TO THE CHURCH 


Meeting of Wardens & Vestry December 7, 1812. 

It is agreed that the Church be altered agreeably to the plans 
submitted by Alexander Witherup. 

Ordered that the Rev. Mr. Ward & Joseph Higbee be ap- 
pointed a Committee to solicit contributions in the cities of 
Philadelphia & Baltimore. 

Ordered that Jona Rhea & Charles Higbee be appointed a 
Committee to solicit contributions in the cities of New York & 
Boston. 

Ordered that George Woodruff, William Pearson & William 
Browne, be appointed a Committee for the same purpose, in the 
States of New Jersey & Pennsylvania generally. 

And also ordered that Pearson Hunt, Jacob Hester & Alex- 
ander Witherup be a Committee for like purpose in the city of 
Trenton. 

Ordered that Pearson Hunt be appointed the Treasurer of 
this Church, for the purpose of receiving & taking care of all the 
contributions monies which may be collected by the foregoing 
Committees. 

Ordered that the Rev. Mr. Ward, Joseph Higbee & William 
A. Browne be a Committee to contract for & Superintend the 
alterations proposed to be made to the Church. 


A LAY READER ENGAGED 


Meeting of Wardens & Vestry, June 25, 1814. 

Resolved that as soon as Mr. Roberts obtains the order of a 
Deacon of the Episcopal Church, this Congregation will upon 
his acceptance of the Rectorship of this Church pay to him the 
annual Sum of $300 to be paid half yearly, for one year from 
the time he may be ordained—And that they will in the mean- 
time pay to him at the rate of $200 per year for his services in 
reading prayers and Sermons every Sunday in St. Michael’s 
Church, to commence from the time he first officiated in said 


Church. 
THE REV. REUBEN SHERWOOD 


Meeting of Wardens & Vestry on Monday, March 27, 1816. 
Whereas Mr. Roberts declines officiating in this Church in 
conformity with the Resolution of June 25, 1814, the Wardens 
have engaged Mr. Reuben Sherwood to officiate as a Rector for 


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the sum of $300 per annum, and that his salary be paid to 
commence from August 20th last. 


Meeting of Wardens & Vestry, Monday, September 11, 1815. 

Resolved that as Mr. Reuben Sherwood has obtained the 
order of a Deacon it be expedient to raise his Salary to the sum 
of $600 pr annum. 

At a Meeting of the Wardens & Vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church, Trenton, held on Tuesday 12th Dec. 1815 to take into 
consideration a proposition made by the Rev. Mr. Sherwood 
which being a dissolution between him and said Church; it was 
unanimously agreed that he should have permission to with- 
draw. 

It was further agreed that Charles Higbee & Pearson Hunt 
be a Committee to correspond with the Bishop for a supply to 
fill the vacancy occasioned by the Rev. Mr. Sherwood’s with- 
drawing from said Church. 


REV. JOHN WARD 


Hotchkin, ducient and Modern Germantown, Mt. Airy and 
Chestnut Hill, p. 80: Rev. Mr. Ward, in 1813, came here, and 
five months after moved to Lexington, Kentucky. (Rector of 
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Germantown.) 


REV. REUBEN SHERWOOD 


Yale Biographies and Annals, 1805-1815 (State Library), p. 
602, shows that: 


REUBEN SHERWOOD was born at Mill Hill in Fairfield, Conn., 
in 1789 or 1790. Graduate of Yale. Ordained a Deacon at 
Middletown, Conn., June 6, 1815. “In the same year he took 
charge of St. Paul’s Church, Norwalk, Conn., where on Novem- 
ber 4, 1816, Bishop Hobart, of New York, admitted him to 
priest’s orders, though he was not formally instituted to the 
rectorship of St. Paul’s until December, 1819.” In 1835, he 
became rector of St. James’ Church in Hyde Park, Duchess 
County, N.Y., where he died on May 11, 1856. 


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GEERT RAGX Lal 


THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF 1801 MEETS IN 
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


BISHOP MOORE CONSECRATED 
THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES ESTABLISHED 


HE first and only General Convention of the Episcopal 

Church ever held in the state of New Jersey assembled in 
St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, September 8-12, 1801. The 
House of Bishops at that time numbered only six members, 
Bishop William White, of Pennsylvania, who was the presiding 
bishop, having succeeded to that office on the death of Bishop 
Seabury in 1796; Bishop James Madison of Virginia; Bishop 
Thomas John Clagett of Maryland; Bishop Robert Smith of 
South Carolina; Bishop Edward Bass of Massachusetts and 
Bishop Abraham Jarvis of Connecticut. Of these bishops only 
three were present, viz.: White, Clagett and Jarvis. Nineteen 
clerical deputies were in attendance, representing seven states: 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 
vania, Delaware and Maryland; and nine lay deputies in all, 
from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and 
Maryland. 

The clerical deputies from New Jersey, chosen for that con- 
vention, were the Rev. Dr. Wharton of St. Mary’s Church, Bur- 
lington, the Rev. Dr. Uzal Ogden of Trinity Church, Newark, 
the Rev. John Croes of Christ Church, New Brunswick, and the 
Rev. Menzies Rayner of St. John’s Church, Elizabeth. The lay 
deputies were Colonel Samuel Ogden of Newark, John Ruther- 
ford of Trenton, Matthias Williamson of Elizabeth, and John 
Dennis, Sr., of New Brunswick. John Rutherford, then warden 
of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, does not seem to have taken 
his seat, as in a resolution passed at the diocesan convention in 
1802, thanking the lay deputies for their services at the General 
Convention, his name is omitted. The secretary to the House of 
Bishops was the Rev. Henry Waddell, then rector of St. 
Michael’s Church. 

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GENERAL CONVENTION OF ,8oz 


The president of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies was 
the Rev. Abraham Beach, D.D., and its secretary was the Rev. 
Ashbel Baldwin, chaplain to congress. The sermon was preached 
by Bishop White at the opening service held in St. Michael’s 
Church, on Tuesday, September 8. In default of a quorum ad- 
journment was taken to the day following. 

The business sessions of the convention for both houses were 
held in the State House, which had been placed at the disposal 
of the convention by the governor. Before adjournment on 
Saturday, September 12, the secretary of the House of Bishops 
was “requested to return the thanks of this convention to the 
governor for the use of the rooms in the State House.” 

Perhaps the fact that the governor, Richard Howell, had been 
a vestryman of St. Michael’s Church, accounts for the permis- 
sion accorded to the convention to hold its meetings in the State 
House. 


THE CONSECRATION OF REV. BENJAMIN MOORE D.D. 


During this convention, the Reverend Benjamin Moore, D.D., 
rector of Trinity Church, New York, was consecrated bishop- 
coadjutor for the Diocese of New York, at a service held on 
Friday, September 11, in St. Michael’s Church. Dr. Moore had 
been unanimously elected by that diocese to fill the vacancy 
caused by the resignation of Bishop Provoost in 1801, which 
resignation, however, the House of Bishops had refused to ac- 
cept, on the ground that “such resignation was not consistent 
with ecclesiastical order, or with the practice of Episcopal 
churches in any ages, or with the tenor of the Office of Consecra- 
tion.” Though Dr. Moore was consecrated on the distinct 
understanding that he was to be regarded as an “assistant or co- 
adjutor bishop during Bishop Provoost’s lifetime’ the Diocese 
of New York, which had elected him as Bishop of the Diocese 
“to succeed Bishop Provoost,” paid no attention to the “ex- 
plicit declaration” of the House of Bishops, and proceeded to 
speak of him and treat him as “head of the Church” in New 
York. The consecration sermon was preached by Bishop White, 
and the co-consecrators with him were Bishop Clagett and 


Bishop Jarvis. 
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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 
The Federal and New Fersey State Gazette published the follow- 


ing in its issue of September 15, 1801: 


On Friday last, the Rev. Benjamin Moore D.D. Rector of 
Trinity Church in New York was consecrated in St. Michael’s 
Church in this City, co-adjutor to the Right Rev. Dr. Pro- 
voost, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, 
by the Right Rev. Bishop White of Pennsylvania, Bishop Clag- 
gett of Maryland and Bishop Jarvis of Connecticut. The prin- 
cipal part of the service was celebrated by Bishop White, who 
also delivered a sermon appropriate to the occasion, which did 
high honor to his head and heart and which we are happy to 
learn is to be published. The solemnity was edifying and impres- 
sive; and the pleasure which it afforded, not a little augmented, 
from a reflection on the excellent qualifications of the Right 
Rev. Dr. Moore and the pledge which he has given in his past 
conduct, that the duties of his new station will be discharged 
by him with honor to himself, to his church and to the Christian 
Religion. 


THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES ESTABLISHED 


The most memorable action which was taken by the conven- 
tion was the “Establishment” of the Thirty-Nine Articles, on 
September 12, 1801. 

After long delay and many fruitless attempts at amendment 
or substitution the Articles were now ordered appended to the 
Prayer Book “‘as accepted historical theological statements and 
as committing the Church to the general doctrinal position of 
the Church of England in regard to the controversy with Rome 
out of which they sprang; but no canon concerning a special 
subscription to them was then, or has at any time since been 
enacted.” 

Only such unimportant alterations and changes were made in 
the English version of the Articles as were necessitated by the 
different political relations of the American Church, and to ren- 
der the same consistent with changes in the Liturgy. 

If the reader will turn to the back of the Book of Common 
Prayer of present use, he will find the Thirty-nine Articles 
printed as an appendix. The Title Page will show that the same 
were “established” by action of the General Convention in 1801. 


Baton 


GENERAL CONVENTION OF rs8or 


Thus after one hundred and twenty-five years there still re- 
mains a visible present memorial of the historic meeting held in 
St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, in 1801. 

The following is a typographical reproduction of the Title 
Page, as it appears today in the Prayer Book: 

Two other matters of minor interest may be mentioned. The 
following Canon was proposed in the House of Clerical and Lay 
Deputies and negatived: 


No Lay Deputy shall be admitted as a member of this House, 
who shall not have been a communicant of the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church for at least one year previous to his appointment. 


A SERVICE FOR THE INDUCTION OF MINISTERS 


At the diocesan convention held previously in Perth Amboy, 
June 5 and 6, of that same year, the following resolution was 


adopted: 


On motion, it was unanimously agreed that the delegates of 
this Church to the General Convention be requested to use their 
endeavors to obtain a General Form of induction of clergymen 
into our Churches; and also such a measure of the Body as shall 
occasion, as far as possible, the respective Churches in union 
with it to engage their ministers for life and to make provision 
for their decent support. 


This was a much needed Office, and the recommendations 
with which the Resolution closed, relative to the life-tenorship 
of a clergyman in his rectorship, and a provision for his decent 
support, were even more imperative if the best relations were 
to be fostered between a pastor and his congregation, and his 
self-respect as a “laborer worthy of his hire,” was to be pre- 
served. 

At the General Convention of 1804 4n Office of Induction of 
ministers into Parishes and Churches was set forth, the title of 
which was changed in 1808 to the Office of Institution. 

Thus the initiative taken by the New Jersey convention had 
a fruitful result. 

(See, Fournal of the General Convention of the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church 1801.) 


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ARTICLES OF RELIGION; 










AS ESTABLISHED BY 


The Bishops, the Cfergy, and the Baitp 


OF 


HOHE PROTESTANT E PIS COPA PG Tt Oils Gd 


IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 


Jn Convention, 


ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 








IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 






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THE OBTAINING OF THE EPISCOPATE 


THE REVEREND UZAL OGDEN REJECTED 


THE FIRST BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY, THE RIGHT REVEREND 
JOHN CROES 


1815-1832 


ERHAPS the thing that did most to raise the church in New 
Jersey out of the depths into which it had sunk, as the 
result of the war, was the obtaining of the episcopate, in 1815. 
New Jersey was the ninth state to receive a bishop of its own, 
and this not until twenty-seven years after the episcopate had 
been secured for the American Church. John Croes, the first 
bishop of New Jersey, stands sixteenth in the line of the Ameri- 
can succession. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New 
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina 
had all previously secured bishops. No wonder that the church 
life in New Jersey languished. The marvel 1s that it should have 
contrived to survive at all. It is a truism that a body cannot 
function apart from its head, and the church in this diocese had 
no head, for the first thirty years of its independent existence. 


AN ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO SECURE A BISHOP 


An abortive attempt to obtain a bishop had been made as 
early as 1798. An “adjourned convention” was held in New 
Brunswick August 15, 1798, “for the express purpose of deliber- 
ating on the expediency of electing a bishop.” The Rev. Henry 
Waddell, then president of the convention, was absent at the 
opening of the sessions, but appeared later. The other clergy 
present were, Uzal Ogden, John Croes, Andrew Fowler, Menzies 
Rayner, Walter C. Gardiner and John Wade. Lay deputies were 
present from twenty-two congregations, including John Vander- 
erift from St. Michael’s Church, Trenton. There seem to have 
been no nominations made. The choice of the convention for 


bishop fell upon the Rev. Uzal Ogden, D.D., rector of Trinity 
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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 
Church, Newark, and he was declared elected to that office by 


unanimous vote of the clergy present, and the representatives of 
seventeen congregations. 


GENERAL CONVENTION REFUSED CONFIRMATION 


The house of deputies of the general convention of 1799 re- 
fused to confirm the action of the diocesan convention, on the 
ostensible ground of doubt as to the regularity of the election. 

The resolution passed referring to this matter, reads as 
follows: 


Whereas doubts have arisen in the minds of some members of 
the Convention, whether all the Priests who voted in the elec- 
tion of the Rev. Uzal Ogden D:D. to the office of Bishop in the 
State of New Jersey were so qualified as to constitute them a 
majority of resident and officiating Priests in the said State, 
according to the meaning of the Canon in this case made and 
provided: And whether as in a matter of so great importance to 
the interests of religion and the honor of our Church, it is not 
only necessary that they should concur in recommending to an 
office so very sacred, should have a firm conviction of the fitness 
of the person they recommend but that they should also be per- 
fectly satisfied with respect to the regularity of every step 
which had been taken in the business, 

Resolved therefore That in the opinion of the House of Depu- 
ties, all proceedings respecting the Consecration of the Rev. 
Uzal Ogden D.D. ought to be suspended until a future Conven- 
tion of the State of New Jersey should declare their own sense 
of the subject. 


THE DIOCESAN CONVENTION OF 17799 


At a special diocesan convention held at Perth Amboy, on 
October 16 and 17, 1799, the action of the general convention 
as submitted above came up for discussion. Only four clergymen 
are recorded as present, and the representatives of fourteen 
parishes. 

A series of resolutions were voted upon, relating to the subject 
of the regularity of Dr. Ogden’s election, the third and final reso- 
lution was one declaring “his election regular in every respect.’ 
Dr. Ogden refrained from voting, two clergymen voted in the 


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affirmative, and one, the Rev. Mr. Waddell in the negative. Of 
the parishes ten voted in the affirmative and three in the nega- 
tive, with one delegation divided. 


THE STANDING COMMITTEES MEMORIALIZED 


An address was adopted and ordered to be sent to the several 
standing committees of the church in the United States, in which 
it was asserted that “we are fully persuaded of the regularity of 
the election of the Rev. Doctor Ogden to the Episcopal Office,” 
and praying “for the exercise in favor of our Church of the power 
vested in you.” 

The reference is to the Canon passed at the last general con- 
vention “Of the Consecration of Bishops in the Recess of the 
General Convention.” 


THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF I80I ALSO REFUSED TO CONFIRM 


The action of the convention of New Jersey of 1799, in elect- 
ing Dr. Ogden, was again considered in the general convention of 
1801, held in Trenton, when the house of deputies again refused 
to sign the testimonials necessary to his consecration, and he 
was never consecrated. 


DR. OGDEN’S CONTROVERSY WITH HIS CONGREGATION 


The Rev. Dr. Ogden had trouble with his congregation, Trin- 
ity Church, Newark, and a special meeting of the diocesan con- 
vention was held in 1804, “for the purpose of taking into consid- 
eration and adopting such measures as may bring to a termina- 
tion certain controversies between the Rev. Uzal Ogden, Rector 
of Trinity Church in Newark, and the vestry and congregation 
of said Church.” 

The upshot of the matter was that “the Convention recom- 
mended and advised Dr. Ogden to relinquish his title to the 
Rectorship of the Church” and coupled this recommendation 
with advice to the congregation of Trinity church “to allow and 
secure to him an annuity of $250 during his life.”’ Dr. Ogden 
refused to comply with the recommendation of the convention, 
and was subsequently suspended from the exercise of his minis- 
terial duties within the state of New Jersey. He was never de- 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


posed from the ministry, but he thenceforth associated himself 
with the Presbyterians until his death in Newark in 1822. 

This unhappy experience in endeavoring to secure a bishop 
for New Jersey must have greatly disheartened all concerned, 
and it was not until seventeen years later that any further at- 
tempt was made looking to this end. 


NEW JERSEY ELECTS ITS FIRST BISHOP AT A CONVENTION 
HELD IN ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


On Wednesday, August 30, 1815, the annual convention met 
in St. Michael’s Church, Trenton. Of the clergy of the diocese 
eight were present, but that number included none from St. 
Michael’s, the rectorship being vacant at that time. Represen- 
tatives of eighteen parishes were present. The delegates from 
St. Michael’s were Charles Higbee and James A. Stevens. The 
Rev. Dr. John Croes, president of the last convention, took the 
chair, but subsequently gave place to the Rev. John C. Rudd, 
rector of St. John’s Church, Elizabeth Town, who under the 
rules became president. The Rev. Dr. Wharton preached the 
sermon, and Robert Boggs, Esq., was chosen secretary. 

The following resolution was moved by the Rev. Lewis P. 
Bayard, rector of Trinity Church, Newark: 


Resolved that it is expedient that the Convention go now into 
the election of a Bishop for this Diocese. 


On motion the convention went into the election of a bishop 
by orders, and the Rev. James Chapman, rector of St. Peter’s 
Church, Perth Amboy, the Rev. Simon Wilmer, rector of Trin- 
ity Church, Swedesborough, and Robert Boggs, Esq., lay dele- 
gate from Christ Church, New Brunswick, were appointed a 
committee to receive and count the ballots. On the first ballot 
the Rev. John Croes, D.D., of Christ Church, New Brunswick, 
received the votes of four clergymen, and fifteen parishes, and 
the Rev. Charles H. Wharton, D.D., rector of St. Mary’s 
Church, Burlington, the votes of one clergyman and five par- 
ishes. Dr. Croes and Dr. Wharton refrained from voting. The 
election being in favor of the Rev. Dr. Croes the convention 
proceeded to sign the Testimonial required by the general con- 


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THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN CROES, D.D. 
1702-1832 
FIRST BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY 
1316-1832 





OBTAINING OF THE EPISCOPATE 


vention. The two delegates from St. Michael’s Church appended 
their names to the document. 

Thus, after thirty years of a precarious existence, as a body 
without a head, a flock without a shepherd, New Jersey at last 
obtained a chief pastor. 


BISHOP CROES PREVIOUSLY ELECTED 
BISHOP OF CONNECTICUT 


Only two months previously, Dr. Croes had been elected to 
the episcopate of Connecticut. And while the committee of that 
diocese were in correspondence with their bishop-elect in regard 
to his support, consecration and removal, the convention of 
New Jersey elected him with great unanimity to the Episcopate 
of that diocese. New Jersey was his home, and with two mitres 
before him he took the one which would allow him to remain 
among his old friends. (Beardsley, History of the Episcopal 
Church in Connecticut.) 


CONSECRATION OF DR. CROES 


The consecration of Dr. Croes as first bishop of New Jersey 
took place on Sunday, November 1g, 1815, in St. Peter’s Church, 
Philadelphia. His consecrators were William White, D.D., pre- 
siding bishop, John Henry Hobart, D.D., assistant bishop of 
New York, and James Kemp, D.D., suffragan-bishop of 
Maryland. 


SKETCH OF BISHOP CROES 


The new bishop had been connected with the diocese of New 
Jersey since 1792, when he became rector of Trinity Church, 
Swedesborough. In 1801 he was called to Christ Church, New 
Brunswick, of which he remained the rector until his death, 
July 30, 1832, in the seventy-first year of his age. 

A native of New Jersey, he exercised his whole ministry here, 
both as priest and bishop, for forty-two years. Thus it was no 
untried and unknown man who was chosen to lead the church, 
but one who had lived and labored in the immediate field for 
many years. 


MURAL TABLET IN CHRIST CHURCH, NEW BRUNSWICK 


A mural tablet in Christ Church, New Brunswick, thus records 
his life and his virtues. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


Beneath the Chancel are deposited the remains of the Right 
Reverend John Croes, D.D. First Bishop of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church in this Diocese. Born in New Jersey he held 
the office and performed the duties of a Christian minister in his 
native state for more than 42 years, the last thirty of which were 
devoted to the service of this Parish.On 30th of July 1832 he 
closed a useful life and calmly slept in the Lord in the 71st year 
of his age and the 17th of his Episcopate. This tablet is erected 
by his bereaved Congregation as a testimonial of their grateful 
recollections of the many private virtues of the departed Pastor 
and friend and of the high estimation in which they held his 
piety and talents as a minister of the Gospel of Peace and con- 
summate prudence, untiring activity and constant vigilance of 
a spiritual overseer of the Church. 


In the early days a bishop was accustomed to retain a rector- 
ship, in conjunction with his episcopal office, since otherwise it 
was difficult, 1f not impossible, to provide for his support, the 
poverty of the dioceses rendering such a proceeding necessary. 
This was the case with Bishops Seabury, White, Provoost and 
most of the others up to a comparatively late period. 


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THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND JAMES MONTGOMERY 
1817-1818 
REPRESENTATIVE MEN IN ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


N entering upon what may be called the second phase of its 

life, dating from the securing of a bishop, conditions in the 
church of New Jersey began to assume a more favorable turn. 
The animosities and prejudices engendered by the Revolu- 
tionary War were tending to die down, and the church was be- 
ginning to consolidate its resources, and to increase its numbers 
and influence. It was still weak in clergy and lay membership, 
but it had survived its critical days, and had succeeded in at- 
taching to itself the best elements in the community. Men of 
character and distinction in the state, and in the nation, were 
content to be enrolled in its membership, and proud to serve in 
its councils. 

The men whose names appear among the vestrymen of St. 
Michael’s Church during this period, say from 1800 to 1825, may 
be taken as typical. Many of them were leaders in the commun- 
ity, and some of them were of national distinction. To mention 
the names of a few such: Charles and Joseph Higbee, Jonathan 
Rhea, John Rutherford, James A. Stevens, Samuel Meredith, 
Henry Clymer, George Woodruff, William Halsted, Jr., Zacha- 
riah Rossell, Garret D. Wall, Pearson Hunt, Barnt DeKlyn, 
Henry Kean, and Dr. Plunkett Fleeson Glentworth. No men 
stood higher in Trenton and in the state during this period than 
did these, as a perusal of the chapter containing their biograph- 
ical sketches will show. (See Biographical Sketches, Series B; 
also Appendix N., “Men of St. Michael’s Church Prominent in 
Public Life.’’) 


PERIODS WITHOUT A RECTOR FEW AND SHORT 


After 1815, while the parish was subject to certain vicissi- 
tudes financial and otherwise, the periods when it was without 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAELS GHURCH 


a rector were few and short, and parochial prosperity is shown 
by extensive improvements and additions made to the material 


fabric. 


THE REV. JAMES MONTGOMERY CALLED AS RECTOR 


From 1817 to 1830, St. Michael’s had three rectors, viz.: the 
Rev. James Montgomery, who served only one year, the Rev. 
Abiel Carter, who served four years, and the Rev. William 
Lupton Johnson who served seven years. 

The Rev. James Montgomery, a deacon of the diocese of 
Pennsylvania was elected minister of St. Michael’s at a meeting 
of the wardens and vestry held August 11, 1817. 

Bishop Croes in his address to the convention of 1817, says: 


The Rev’d James Montgomery lately a Deacon of the Diocese 
of Pennsylvania has removed to this Diocese; and it is with 
great satisfaction that I communicate it; he has accepted of 
an invitation to be their minister, from the long vacant con- 


gregation of St. Michael’s Church Trenton. 


The Rev. Mr. Montgomery was ordered priest by the bishop 
and instituted rector in October 1817. 


CONDITIONS IN ST. MICHAEL’S AT THIS PERIOD 


In his annual address for 1818, the bishop says: 


The condition of the Church at Trenton has also very much 
improved during the past year, both in increase of members and 
attendance to divine Service and to the doctrine and duties of 
our holy religion. 

The Rev’d James Montgomery has resigned his sacred 
charge and removed to the Diocese of New York. This loss has 
however been repaired by the removal of the Revd Abiel 
Carter, late Rector of the Church at Pittsburgh, Pa. ° 


THE REV. JAMES MONTGOMERY RESIGNS HIS RECTORSHIP 


At a meeting of the vestry held March 13, 1818, the Rev. Mr. 
Montgomery announced by letter that he had received a “unani- 
mous invitation to the rectorship of Grace Church New York.” 
On motion the vestry drew up an answer, stating “the hearty 
concurrence of the vestry with him in the propriety of his ac- 


cepting the rectorship of Grace Church New York.” 
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THE REVEREND JAMES MONTGOMERY, D.D. 
1787-1834 
RECTOR I817-1818 


FROM A PORTRAIT BY THOMAS SULLY IN POSSESSION OF THE CORPORATION OF 
GRACE CHURCH, NEW YORK 


COURTESY OF WILLIAM RHINELANDER STEWART, ESQ. 
AUTHOR “‘“GRACE CHURCH AND OLD NEW YORK”’ 


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RECTORATE OF JAMES MONTGOMERY 


The Rev. James Montgomery who resigned his position in 
St. Michael’s Church, to accept a call to Grace Church, New 
York City, was the second rector of that parish. He remained 
there only two years, 1818-1820, when he suddenly announced 
his resignation. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. JAMES MONTGOMERY 


The following biographical sketch 1s taken from Stewart, 
Grace Church and Old New York, pp. 392-3. 


Coming of Scotch descent James Montgomery was born in 
Philadelphia November 25, 1787. His early education was at a 
boy’s school in Maryland, and at the Grammar School at 
Princeton New Jersey and in 1805 he was graduated at Prince- 
ton College. Upon his return home he entered the office of Judge 
Hopkinson of Philadelphia and was in due time admitted to the 
bar. After practising as a lawyer for several years, he became a 
candidate for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church and was 
ordained deacon by Bishop White in Philadelphia August 25, 
1816. Having been elected rector of St. Michael’s Church Tren- 
ton, New Jersey, he was ordained there priest by Bishop Croes 
October 7, 1817. In April 1818 he removed to New York upon 
his election to Grace Church in that City. In 1820 he resigned 
this rectorship and returned to his native State, residing near 
Philadelphia and officiating in some of the vacant churches in 
that vicinity. Shortly afterwards the formation by many of his 
friends, and in his interest, of the new parish of St. Stephen’s 
was accomplished, to the rectorship of which he was elected. 
. . . The Rev. Mr. Montgomery received the degree of Doctor 
of Divinity from Geneva College in 1827. For several years Dr. 
Montgomery was a member of the Standing Committee of the 
Diocese of Pennsylvania, and from 1823 until his death he was 
a trustee of the General Theological Seminary. While he was 
actively engaged in the discharge of his various public and 
private duties, a pulmonary disease developed which, after a 
comparatively brief course, terminated his life on March 17, 
1834. It is believed Dr. Montgomery’s brief rectorate of Grace 
Church was attributable to his delicate condition of health. 


Baitere 


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THE RECTORATE OF THE REVEREND ABIEL CARTER 


1818-1822 
NEW CHURCH BUILT AND CONSECRATED 


N March 23,:1818, the vestry elected the Rev. Mr. Turner 
of New York to the vacant rectorship, but he declined. The 
vestry then requested the bishop to send the Rev. Mr. Cumming, 
who had lately received deacon’s orders to officiate for a period 


of six weeks. The bishop replied: 


that he will converse with him (the Rev. Mr. Cumming) on the 
subject, but thinks he will not find it convenient to be at St. 
Michael’s in less than two. He suggests that the Rev. Mr. 
Carter from Pittsburgh is expected on Tuesday next to attend 
the Convention, when he will avail himself of the opportunity 
of inviting him to officiate at St. Michael’s on Sunday the 
10th inst. 


THE REV. ABIEL CARTER ELECTED RECTOR 


The Rev. Abiel Carter was unanimously called to the rector- 
ship of St. Michael’s at a meeting of the vestry held May 12, 
1818, the salary being placed at $800. He replied accepting the 
position, and entered upon his duties on July 19 of the same year. 


THE REBUILDING OF THE CHURCH 


The necessity of doing something to make the church building 
more adequate for the needs of the growing congregation was a 
matter taken up by the vestry at a meeting held February 18, 
181g. Since the original church was erected, about 1750, no con- 
spicuous improvements had been made in the fabric. Minor 
changes and renovations had been made from time to time, but 
the old building still stood substantially as it had originally 
existed. 

At the meeting of the vestry above referred to, the following 
resolution was adopted: 


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RECTORATE OF ABIEL CARTER 


Resolved that it be expedient to enlarge and make the necessary 
repairs to this Church, viz. There shall be 14, 15 or 16 feet added 
in length, a foundation for a Tower, a Gallery, a Vestry Room, 
New windows and frames. The pulpit shall be moved back in 
the present recess and the Chancel brought in front and such 
other repairs as shall be thought necessary by the committee 
hereafter to be appointed. 


The committee appointed consisted of Joseph Higbee, William 
Kirkwood and Zachariah Rossell. 


This committee made its report on March 20 of the same year: 


The Committee to whom was entrusted the repairing of the 
church report, that they have viewed a new Church at Ger- 
mantown Pa and are of the opinion that a new Church can now 
be built for a much smaller sum than originally expected and 
beg leave to have their powers extended. 

It was then agreed that the sum of $6000 be allowed them for 
rebuilding on such plan as they, the Committee shall deem most 
proper, but that the old Church should be valued and made a 


part of the same sum. 


The work seems to have progressed rapidly for at a meeting of 
the vestry held November 15, 1819, the following resolution was 


passed. 


APPLICATION FOR CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH 


Resolved that application be made to the Right Rev. John 
Croes to consecrate St. Michael’s (lately rebuilt) on Wednesday 
next. Resolved that an invitation be given to the Right Rev. 
John Croes to institute the Rev. Abiel Carter, Rector of this 
Church on Thursday next. 


The following items referring to the matter were printed in 
the local newspapers of that day. 


Trenton Federalist 

May 24, 1819 (3-3) 
St. Michael’s Church. The old Episcopal Church in Trenton, 
built in 1750, has recently been taken down, and is now re- 
building, considerably enlarged from its former dimensions. 


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HISTORY ORMS IY MICHAELS CEU RGH 


True American 
November 8, 1819 (3-3) 


Consecration. We are authorized to state, that St. Michael’s 
Church in this city, will be consecrated on Wednesday the 17th 
inst. at which time a public collection will be taken to assist in 
defraying the expenses of the building. 


True American 
November 22, 1819 (3-3) 


THE CONSECRATION 


The consecration of St. Michael’s Church, in this city, took 
place agreeably to appointment on Wednesday last. Bishop 
Croes delivered an appropriate discourse on the occasion. On 
the day following the Rev. A. Carter was instituted as Rector 
of said Church; on which occasion the Rev. Dr. Beach delivered 
a discourse containing a very impressive charge to the newly 
inducted Rector, and the congregation committed to his care. 
A number of clergy and a concourse of people attended the 
solemnities. We state with pleasure that the building has been 
erected in a style which does credit to our city, and is justly con- 
sidered one of the handsomest churches in the state. 


In his annual address of 1819, Bishop Croes reports: 


St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, has lately been taken down, 
and a new one, of much larger dimensions, and in a superior 
style, is now erecting on the site of the old one; and Mr. 
Carter, as Rector elect says (p. 112): “The labours of his pre- 
decessor had, by the blessing of God, raised the congregation 
to an unprecedented state of prosperity; and it is a cause for 
thankfulness, that it continues to flourish. A new church edi- 
fice of Gothic structure, and of larger dimensions than the for- 
mer, was commenced in May last, which it is expected will be 
ready for consecration early in November coming.” In Novem- 
ber the Church was consecrated, and Mr. Carter instituted as 
Rector. In 1820 Mr. Carter reports that: “The congregation 
continues to increase, and the members evince a laudable zeal 
for the prosperity of the Church.” He resigned in 1821, and 
was succeeded by Rev’d Wm. L. Johnson. In this state of pros- 
perity we leave St. Michael’s. 


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RECTORATE OF ABIEL CARTER 


FINANCIAL WAYS AND MEANS 


Possessing now a practically new church, and an acceptable 
rector, it was natural that some appropriate action should be 
taken to provide ways and means to increase and stabilize the 
church’s income. Hence, we find the following’ series of resolu- 
tions relating to the sale and renting of pews: 


Meeting of the Vestry of St. Michael’s, Friday, November 
Ig, 1819. 

Resolved that all the Pews be put up at public sale and Sold 
to the highest bidder; subject to an annual rent to be fixed by 
the Vestry from year to year. 

Resolved, that the money subscribed shall be received of 
such persons who shall purchase Pews, as part pay for the same; 
and that no subscription money be refunded. 

Resolved, that each Pew be valued; and that the same shall 
not be sold for less price. 

Resolved, that the Pews not sold be offered for lease for 3 
years, subject to an annual rent to be fixed by the Vestry from 
year to year. 

Resolved, that the Pews not sold or leased be offered for rent 
from year to year at such price as shall be fixed by the Vestry. 

Resolved that the value and rent of the Pews hereafter men- 
tioned be considered permanent until the Vestry shall deem it 
proper to make alterations. 

Resolved, that the Pews leased shall bring 10% on the fixed 
valuation for three years, in addition to the annual rent. 

(64 Pews: Total Value fixed, $7,230.; Yearly Rent, fixed at 
$1,218.) 


Meeting of Vestry of St. Michael’s, Monday, November 22, 
1819, for the sale, lease and rental of pews. 


UIC oN sien norty (Oe. ie Bgl, aa SE er nee $2,500.00 
TC WS hl CASCUAR ISR Mili hair wiva beg ye ele. telst I1§.50 
Borbewse hentals of allita tl; acyaiee es 966.00 $3,581.50 


16 Pews not either sold, leased or rented. 


A CORPORATE SEAL 


Having at last in 1818 secured a parish charter, it also became 
important to have a corporate seal, and hence we find one pro- 


yO Saal 


AIST ORD POR MS. MI CHARLES: COUR CH 


vided under a resolution passed at a meeting of the vestry, May 
30, 1820: 


Resolved that a seal be procured for this Church with the 
Device of the front of the Church surrounded with the name 
and that John R. Thompson be appointed to procure the same. 
Resolved that the wardens be authorized to use the seal of this 
Church for the sale and transfer of all Pews. 


The old seal still exists, though not in use today. It was pro- 
vided by Zachariah Rossell and 1s inscribed with his name. 


THE LEGACY OF ELIJAH BOND 


The matter of the non-collection of a legacy left by Elijah 
Bond, a former warden and vestryman, appears to have given 
some concern to the vestry at this time, and the following reso- 
lution was passed: 


Whereas it appears by an extract from the Will of Elijah 
Bond, inserted in the Minutes December Ist, 1788, that he di- 
rected his Executor to put out at Interest the sum of Five hun- 
dred Pounds, which interest he bequeathed to the Minister of 
this Church, and his successors; provided the former should be 
appointed within seven years; and it further appears by a refer- 
ence to the said minutes of the above date, that the Rev. Wm. 
Frazer was appointed the Minister of said Church, and it is 
known that on the 8th December, 1789, as will appear by the 
copy of a receipt, in the handwriting of the said Rev. Wm. 
Frazer, that he received from Isaac De Cow, as Executor of the 
last Will and Testament of said Elijah Bond £70 in full of two 
years interest on £500 due to him from said Estate as settled 
Minister of St. Michael’s Church in Trenton, and that certain 
Articles of Produce on account of Interest were subsequently 
received by the said Rev. Wm. Frazer, since which time there 
has been no further payment made to him or his successors. 

Therefore Resolved, that George Woodruff and Garret D. 
Wall be a committee to enquire how this Legacy is secured and 
why payment of the Interest has not been regularly made agree- 
ably to the Will of the Testator, and they are requested to re- 
port thereon as soon as practicable; and in the mean time should 
they consider it expedient to have recourse to Legal Measures, 
to secure the principal and compel payment of the Interest, 
they are hereby authorized to commence the same. 


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RECTORATE OF ABIEL CARTER 


FINES FOR VESTRYMEN 


Some minor matters of interest appear upon the minutes of 
the vestry during this period: 


Meeting of the Vestry, Monday, August 13, 1821. 

Resolved, that hereafter a fine of one Dollar shall be exacted 
from each member of the Vestry for non-attendance at any 
stated or special meeting; which sum shall be demanded and 
paid at the first meeting thereafter, unless the same shall be re- 
mitted by the Vestry at said meeting on such excuse as shall 
be considered satisfactory. 


This self-denying ordinance relating to the fining of vestrymen 
for non-attendance at meetings, does not seem to have met with 
general favor, for on April of the year following its adoption the 
rule was unanimously rescinded. Possibly had the rule been re- 
versed, and an allowance made to vestrymen of one dollar for 
every meeting they attended, the arrangement would have met 
with greater favor. 


THE ENGINE HOUSE OF THE UNION FIRE COMPANY 


Here is a reference to the Engine House of the Union Fire 
Company, which seems to have occupied ground belonging to 
the church property, or immediately adjacent thereto: 

Under date of April 20, 1821, is the following note: 


On application of Henry Clymer it was resolved that he be per- 
mitted to move the Engine House five feet northwardly on a 
straight line with the fence. 


Raum’s History of the City of Trenton has the following refer- 
ences to the Engine House (p. 396): 


August 6th, 1788, the Company (Union Fire Company) having 
no house for their small engine, Mr. Hezekiah Howell offered 
them ground to build one on adjoining his house and Church lot 
and Mr. Charles Axford Jr. agreed to undertake the building of 
the same. 

February 4th, 1788, Mr. Axford reported that agreeably to 
the order of the company he had built a house for the small 
engine and it wanted a lock. 

November Ist, 1790, the small engine house was removed op- 
posite, on the lot of Mrs. Barnes. This house was built on the 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


corner of the lot of St. Michael’s Church and afterwards re- 
moved opposite near where the Third Presbyterian Church now 
stands. 


There must be some error here, for the minutes of the vestry 
show that the Engine House was not removed until many years 
later. 

The following action in regard to the removal of the Engine 
House was taken at a meeting of the vestry held April 14, 1843: 


Application having been made to purchase ground in the 
Church yard for private burials, the vestry conceiving that the 
Engine House of the Resolution Company was occupying 
ground that might profitably be used, Messrs Halsted & Wood 
was appointed a committee to confer with said company and if 
possible procure the removal of the Engine House. 


A few days afterwards the committee made a report to the 
vestry at a meeting held at the house of John R. Dill, Friday 
evening, April 22, 1843: 

The Committee appointed to confer with the Resolution Fire 


Co report that the Engine House will be removed as early a day 
as shall be convenient. 


A BELL LOANED TO THE TRENTON ACADEMY 


Here is a reference to a bell which the Trenton Academy had 
borrowed from St. Michael’s Church in 1788. Under date of 
August 13, 1821, the following appears on the minutes: 


Resolved that Charles Higbee and Zachariah Rossell be a com- 
mittee to settle with the Trustees of the Trenton Academy for 
the Bell at present in their possession belonging to St. Michael’s 
Church. 


Under date of April 8, 1822, there is another reference to the 
matter of the Bell: 


On the 13th Day of August 1821, a committee was appointed 
to settle with the Trustees of the Trenton Academy for the Bell 
in their possession belonging to the Church, who have not made 
a report thereon. Therefore be it Resolved that Messrs Gordon 
and Rossell be a committee on the above subject. 


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RECTORATE OF ABIEL CARTER 


The negotiations must have proceeded with great delibera- 
tion, for it was not until two years later, February 7, 1825, that 
anything definite appears to have been done. 


The Committee on the Bell authorized to settle with the Trus- 
tees of the Academy. 


According to the record as furnished in Dayton’s Historical 
Sketch of the Trenton Academy 1881 (p. 21), which contains a 
reference to the bell, there was no settlement made until 1828, 
when the trustees paid forty-five dollars for a bell, but to whom 
the money was paid does not appear. 


In December 1785 a belfrey had been built on the Trenton 
Academy. The Bell which had been presented to the school by 
Judge Hooper in March 1783 was probably not of a size suffi- 
cient for hanging in the belfrey, for in March 1788 a Bell was 
borrowed from the wardens of the Episcopal Church in Trenton, 
and placed in the belfrey. The Trustees gave a receipt for it en- 
gaging to return it when required. So far as is known this re- 
quirement was never made, although it appears that forty five 
dollars was paid for a Bell in 1828. This may have been for the 
one borrowed. It is quite probable therefore that the same bell 
summons the scholars to their lessons. 


THE BELL BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF CLARK FISHER 


The Academy property was bought by the late Clark Fisher, 
and subsequently sold by him in 1900 to the trustees of the Free 
Public Library, as a site for the library. It is said that Mr. 
Fisher bought the old Academy principally because he wished 
to secure the bell which in his youth had summoned him to his 
studies. The bell was removed to his anvil works, and may be 
seen there today. This bell was probably not the one which had 
been presented to the parish by Charles Coxe in 1764, since in 
the inventory of damages sustained by the church during the 
Revolutionary War, filed in 1781, there is the item “1 Large Bell 
carried away £50.” The bell loaned to the Academy in 1788 
must have been a small bell, purchased when the services were 
resumed in 1783, and subsequently discarded for a larger one. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


A LOTTERY TO PAY THE CHURCH DEBT 


Financial conditions must have reached a crisis at this period, 
probably due to the extensive improvements made to the church 
building, the cost of which had evidently not been met, for we 
find the desperate expedient considered of raising funds by 
means of lottery. 

Under date of October 14, 1822, there appears the following: 

Resolved that an application be made to the Legislature of this 

state for an Act to enable this Corporation to raise by Lottery 

the sum of $3500 and that the church wardens and Mr. Hal- 
sted be a committee to draft a petition for the above purpose. 


On second and wiser thoughts, the project was abandoned, 
probably on the grounds of inexpediency. Possibly some of the 
congregation objected to such a method of raising funds for 
church purposes. 

The subject was again brought up at a meeting of the vestry 
held only a week later, October 22, 1822, when the committee 
made its report. 

The Committee on an application to the Legislature for an Act 

to enable this Corporation to raise by Lottery $3500, reports 

the form of a petition and on motion Resolved that the same be 

indefinitely postponed. 


RESIGNATION OF THE REV. ABIEL CARTER 


The Rev. Abiel Carter resigned his rectorship in October 1822, 
but was “requested by resolution to perform Divine Service for 
the present.” 

In the rector’s report for the year 1821, as to the condition of 
the parish, it will be seen that considerable progress had been 
made both in respect to numbers and parochial activities: 


Report for the year 1821, of the Rev. Abiel Carter, Rector. 


Number of families in that Church is about 748 
Number of communicants 55 
The baptisms since last Convention {adults 6 
‘inane 18 (ee 
Themeariases iy wn ry 4 
Lhe funerals ae easi i: 6 


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RECTORATE OF ABIEL CARTER 


That the Sunday School attached to that Church has been 
greatly enlarged and improved, since the last report; that it is 
now in a very flourishing condition, consisting of nearly 200 
pupils, who are managed and taught with much regularity and 
order. 

That it is in contemplation to erect a building in the vicinity 
of the Church for the more commodious arrangement and in- 
struction of the school; and that subscriptions have already been 
obtained to an amount almost sufficient to defray the expense 
of it; it further states, that it is but justice to remark that the 
pleasing improvement, above mentioned, has been effected 
chiefly through the exertions and perseverance of a small num- 
ber of ladies in the congregation to whom much gratitude is due. 


FIRST MENTION OF A SUNDAY SCHOOL 


In this report there 1s the first mention of a sunday school, 
though doubtless one had existed from an earlier period. The 
number of pupils under instruction given as 200 is surprisingly 
large for that day, and indeed would be wholly creditable today. 
The report also conveys the intention of erecting a building for 
the sunday school and pays a warm tribute to the help rendered 
by the good women of the parish. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. ABIEL CARTER 


Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit (vol. 5, p. 584) gives 
the following sketch of the Rev. Abiel Carter: 


Apiet Carter. Born, Concord, N.H., May 2, 1791. Graduate 
Dartmouth College in 1813. 

In May, 1818, he was elected Rector of St. Michael’s Church, 
Trenton, N.J. . . . In 1822, he accepted a call to the Rector- 
ship of Christ Church, Savannah, Ga. Died of Yellow Fever at 
Savannah November 1, 1827. He published “A Sermon on Re- 
signing the Charge of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, 1822.” 


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THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND WILLIAM LUPTON JOHNSON 
1823-1830 
A LIST OF THE PARISHIONERS ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO 
O time was lost in choosing a successor to the Rev. Mr. 
Carter. 


At a special meeting of the vestry held Monday, December 30, 
1922, a minute reads: 
The Rev. William L. Johnson of the Diocese of New York was 


unanimously elected Rector of this Church. 


In a letter dated New York January 2, 1823, the Rev. Mr. 
Johnson writes accepting the rectorship. He is recorded as 
present at the Easter meeting, March 31, of the same year. 


A NEW FENCE 

Here is a note, August 18, 1823, as to a new fence. 

New fence in the front and rear ordered to be erected. 

On May 1 of the following year the action taken regarding the 
new fence was repealed. 


The Resolution passed August 18, 1823, for making a new fence 
with stone and Brick base is repealed, it being more expensive 
than at first thought. 


Two years later, as we learn from the minutes of the vestry 
November 7, 1825, a fence was finally built: 
The Committee who were authorized to see the erection of a 
fence in front of the Church reported the same complete (cost 
of fence $290.02). 
THE PERRY STREET SUNDAY SCHOOL PROPERTY 


An advertisement in the Trenton Emporium under date 
February 1, 1823, reads: 


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The two School Rooms in Perry Street, belonging to the Sunday 
School Society attached to the Episcopal Church in Trenton. 
Apply to William Robinson, Green street near the corner of 
Perry. Trenton January 30, 1823. 


The way in which St. Michael’s Church subsequently came 
into possession of the property in Perry Street, may be con- 
veniently told here. 


From the minutes of the vestry January 18, 1854: 


It appears that the lot of ground on Perry Street on which the 
building of the sunday school was erected was “‘purchased in the 
year of our Lord 1828, by several benevolent ladies of the Par- 
ish who organized themselves into a society attached to the 
Protestant Episcopal Church in the City of Trenton”; that it 
was given by deed in trust for the benefit of said Society, to 
Thomas Gordon Zachariah Rossell and Joseph M. Higbee. 


The minutes proceed to state that 


William Potts and Ann his wife by deed bearing date the 20th 
of October 1828 did grant and convey to Thomas Gordon 
Zachariah Rossell, Charles C. Frazer and Joseph M. Higbee 
All that certain Lot or parcel of ground, situated in the City of 
Trenton, being in the said Potts’ plan of lots called No. 11 
fronting 31 feet 8 inches on the northerly side of Centre (Perry) 
street, extending from thence north 17 degrees West, by and 
between lots No. 5, 4 & 3 of Joseph Scully and others on the 
westerly side of Samuel Adams deceased on the other, the same 
width 93 feet to Lot No. 2 (being the same whereon the Sunday 
school attached to Saint Michael’s Church is erected) to have 
and to hold in trust for the uses of the Sunday School Society 
attached to the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s 
in the City of trenton. 


The significance of the minute of 1854 is concerned with the 
death of three of the trustees and the desire of the one remaining 
to be relieved of his obligations as trustee. 

Whereas the aforesaid Thomas Gordon, Zachariah Rossell and 

Joseph M. Higbee have departed this life—Therefore Charles 

C. Frazer sole surviving Trustee for the sum of $1.00 conveys 

said land to the Rector, wardens and vestry of St. Michael’s 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Church subject to the trust imposed in the Deed of October 20, 
1828 &c. 


The transfer was duly accepted and the building offered for 
rent: 


Insomuch as the Sunday School of the Parish is through the 
preference of its teachers removed for the present to the Gal- 
leries of the Church, The wardens, Messrs Howe and Davis be 
a Committee to take charge of the Sunday School building with 
authority to lease the same, at their discretion, for the ensuing 
year. 

Feb. 6 1854 Messrs Davis & Howe Sunday School committee 
reported that they had leased the Sunday School property to 
Mr. Parsons for a day school at $75 per year with the proviso 
that Miss Sarah Ramsay be permitted to remain in possession 
of the room she now occupies, if she wishes to remain therein; 
and he is to look to her for the rent of the same. 


Annual Easter meetings of the vestry are recorded as held in 
1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, but there is no record of any business 
transacted. 


RESIGNATION OF REV. WILLIAM L. JOHNSON 


At a meeting of the vestry held Monday February 15, 1830, 
the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Johnson was offered. 


The Rev. W. L. Johnson tendered his resignation effective 
April 1st next, He having received a call to the Rectorship of 
Grace Church Jamaica Long Island. 


REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1829 OF 
THE REV. WILLIAM L. JOHNSON, RECTOR 


Families, 56; Communicants, 47. Baptisms, 8; Marriages, 2; 
Funerals, 15; Catechumens, in two classes, 33. Sunday School 
Scholars, regular attendants, from 30 to 40. The Rector 
further reports that the congregation is improving in numbers 
and that there appears to be an increasing attention to the ser- 
vices of the Church. An association of young ladies has been 
formed in aid of the Missionary Fund, who have raised by their 
industry and ingenuity a considerable sum, which they have 
appropriated, for this year only, to the pressing necessities of 
their own Church. By a very commendable zeal and liberality, 


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RECTORATE OF WILLIAM JOHNSON 


in which all did well, and some few beyond all praise, the 
ladies of the congregation have erected the beautiful steeple 
which now adorns our sacred edifice. They have also ordered a 
bell, weighing 500 Ibs. the sound of which we expect to hear in 
a few weeks. The hope is indulged, that the universal approba- 
tion which has been excited by their industry and liberality, 
will evince itself, not in words only but also in deeds, and that 
for their sake alone, even if there should be no other cause, the 
gentlemen of the congregation will respond to their solicitude 
for the welfare and character of the Church. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. WILLIAM LUPTON JOHNSON 


William Lupton Johnson was the son of John Barent John- 
son, pastor of the First Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, 
Long Island. He was left an orphan at an early age, and was 
brought up by an uncle, Peter Roosevelt, in New York City. 
He was graduated from Columbia College in 1819, and for a 
short time studied law in the office of a Mr. Harrison, afterwards 
a comptroller of Trinity Church, New York. He entered the 
General Theological Seminary, New York, and was the first 
graduate of that institution. He was ordained by Bishop Ho- 
bart, October 15, 1822. For a short period he was the assistant 
of Bishop Richard Canning Moore at the Monumental Church 
Richmond, Virginia. While there he was called to St. Michael’s 
Church, Trenton, in December 1822, and accepted January 
1823, instituted 1825. He resigned the parish in 1830, to accept 
the rectorship of Christ Church, Jamaica, Long Island, which 
position he retained for forty years until his death April 4, 1870. 


LIST OF PARISHIONERS OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH ONE HUNDRED 


YEARS AGO, COMPILED BY THE REV. W. L. JOHNSON 


During his rectorate, the Rev. W. L. Johnson made a list of 
the parishioners of St. Michael’s Church, which after one hun- 
dred years is reprinted here, as an interesting document. It con- 
tains the names of several whose descendants are now living in 
Trenton, and some of whom are also associated with the parish 
today. 
(WY) following name signifies warden, (V ) vestryman, (S’) Bi- 
ographical sketch—Series “B”’. 


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HISTORY OF ST.' MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


List of Persons belonging to St Michael’s Church, Trenton, or who are regular 
attendants upon its services and worship 


C——-CONTRIBUTORS 


tMr. Samuel Adams, Shoemaker 


Mrs. Adams 


c*Mrs. Isabella Armstrong, widow 


tJ. B. Bolin 
c*Miss Susan Brittain 
Miss Sally Brittain 
Miss Catherine M. Brittain 
Miss Elizabeth R. Brittain 
Mr. William Bond 
*Mrs. Bond, of Trenton 
tc*Mrs. Bond, of Lamberton 
tMr. Robert Bethel, Pa. 
Mrs. Bethel 
c*Mr. Arthur Corry, Mill Hill 
*Mrs. Corry 
{*Miss Corry 
Mr. Charles Cain 
Mrs. Rebecca Cain 
tMrs. Clark, Bloomsbury 
tMr. John Dixon 
+Mrs. Maria Dixon 
cDr. Belleville (5) 
Dr. Clarke 
tcHenry Clymer, Pa. (V) (5) 
Mrs. Clymer 
cMr. Thos. Cadwallader (S) 
Mrs. Cadwallader 
tco*Mrs. McCall 
Mrs. Dickinson 
cMr. (Samuel) Dickinson (9) 
Miss Mary Dickinson 
Mr. John Dickinson 


cMr. Philemon Dickinson (V) (S) 


Mr. Sam’I. Dickinson 
c*Mr. Charles Frazer (V) 
t*Miss Mary Frazer 
t*Miss Rebecca Frazer 

cMr. Thos. Gordon (V) 
*Mrs. Rebecca Gordon 
tc*Miss Eliza Gibson 
T*Miss Louisa Gibson 
tcMr. Pearson Hunt (V/)(S) 
t*Mrs. Pearson Hunt 


*_cCOMMUNICANTS }—REMOVED {—DEAD 


Miss Theodosia Hunt 
cMr. Wesley P. Hunt (V) (8) 
Mrs. Hunt 
*Mr. Robert Hunt 
cMr. (William) Halsted (W) (8S) 
*Mrs. Halsted 
cMr. Jacob Hester (V) 
Mrs. Hester 
Mr. John Hester 
Mrs. John Hester 
toMr. Jos. Higbee (W) (5) 
*Mrs. Higbee 
t*Miss Virginia Higbee 
*Miss Charlotte Higbee 
Miss Lucy Ann Higbee 
Miss Sarah Higbee 
Miss Mary Higbee 
cMr. Charles Higbee (W) (5) 
*Mrs. Higbee 
tMr. Milnor Higbee 
tMr. Chas. Higbee, Jun. 
tMiss Elizabeth Higbee 
tMiss Charlotte N. Higbee 
t*Miss Howe 
t*Dr. P. F. Glentworth (VY) (S) 





tc*Mrs. Glentworth 


t*Dr. Lawrence | 

t*Mrs. Lecount f Monmouth 
t*Mr. Newell 

+t*Mrs. Newell Allentown 


te*John Mott 


T*Mrs. Mott Pa. 
tceGarret D. Wall, Esq. (V) (8) 
c*Mr. John Mershon (VY) (S) 
*Mrs. Mershon 
cMr. (William) Kerwood (W) (8S) 
Mrs. Kerwood 
Mr. Andrew Noble 
*Mr. Thomas Miles 
tcMrs. Miles 
tcMr. Wm. Pearson (WV) 
tMiss Mary Pearson 
tMiss Elizabeth Pearson 


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RECTORATE OF WILLIAM JOHNSON 


{Miss Sarah Pearson 
tMiss Julia Ann Hamilton 
{Miss Clementina Hamilton 
tMr. James Johnston (V) 
Mrs. James Johnston 
tcMiss Eliza Johnston 
Miss Mary Johnston 
tcMr. Thomas Johnston 
t*Miss Nancy Higbee 
+*Miss Catherine Higbee 
c*Miss Mary Pearson 
*Miss Elizabeth Pearson 
near White Horse 
t*Miss Mary Ryall 
Miss Emily Ryall 
ttMiss Mary Morgan Ryall 
Miss Sarah Ryall 
cMr. Zachery Rossell (V) (S) 
Mrs. Rossell 
Mrs. Ann Ryall 
7*Mr. Ephraim Ryno 
tMrs. Ryno 
tMiss Jane Ryno 
+t*Miss Burns 
tcMrs. Savage 
tMr. John Savage 
tMrs. Savage 
tThos. R. Taylor 
TMrs. Taylor 
teMr. Jas. A. Stephens (/) (5) 
tMrs. Stephens 
t*Mrs. Thomspon 
+*Miss Catherine Thompson 
tc*Mrs. Wood 
t*Mrs. Brearly 
*Miss Eliza Waddell 
tMr. Henry Waddell, (Y) | pa. 
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c*Mr. George Woodruff (W) (5) 
*Mrs. Dowers 
*Mrs. Woodruff 
7Mr. Patrick H. Woodruff 
*Mr. Robert Woodruff 
tMiss Elizabeth Dowers 
tMiss Mary Dowers 
+Mrs. Wardrobe 
tMr. Alexander Witherup (/) 


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tMrs. Muschatt 
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t*Miss Louisa Lamaud 
tMiss Constantia Lamaud 
*Mr. Henry O’Hara 
*Mrs. Catherine O’Hara 
t*Mrs. Sarah Henson, coloured 
*Mrs. Mary Raum, Mill Hill 
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t*Mrs. Bryant 
Mrs. Nancy Smithson 
tHenry McVeay 
tMrs. Mary McVeay 
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tMr. Thomas Stryker 
TMiss Elizabeth More 
tMr. George Glentworth 
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*Mrs. Potts 
t*Mrs. Taylor, widow 
tMrs. McCall, Bloomsbury 
*Mrs. Roberts, coloured 
TMr. Gregg 
TMr. Boxingdale 
TMr. J. Wood 
Mr. Huse 
Mrs. Stafford 
T*Mr. Stedman, Princeton 


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THE SECOND BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY 
THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE 
1832-1859 


ISHOP CROES having passed away in 1832, the Rev. 

George Washington Doane, then rector of Trinity Church, 
Boston, was chosen second bishop of New Jersey. The election 
was effected at a “second adjourned convention,” which was 
held in Christ Church, New Brunswick, October 3, 1832. The 
Rev. Frederick Beasley, D.D., then rector of St. Michael’s 
Church, Trenton, was the president of the convention, and he 
preached the sermon, and celebrated the Holy Communion. 
Sixteen clergymen were present and lay deputies from twenty- 
two parishes, those from St. Michael’s being William Halsted, 
George Woodruff and J. D. Westcott. 

There were twelve candidates voted for, including the Rev. 
Dr. Beasley and the Rev. James Montgomery, a former rector 
of St. Michael’s Church. On the sixth ballot Dr. Doane was 
elected, receiving eleven clerical and twelve lay votes. The elec- 
tion was made unanimous. 


THE CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP-ELECT 


The new bishop-elect was consecrated with three others, 
namely, the Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., for Vermont, the 
Rev. Benjamin Smith, D.D., for Kentucky, and the Rev. 
Charles P. McIlvaine for Ohio. The service was held in St. Paul’s 
Chapel, New York, on Wednesday, October 31, 1832. Bishop 
White of Pennsylvania, the presiding bishop, was the consecra- 
tor, and the co-consecrators in the case of Dr. Doane were 
Bishop Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk, of New York, and 
Bishop Levi Silliman Ives of North Carolina. It is a singular 
thing that both of these bishops were subsequently deposed, or 
rather Bishop Onderdonk was suspended in 1845, and never 
restored, and Bishop Ives, having forsaken the communion of 
the church, for that of Rome, was deposed in 1853. 


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THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE, D.D. 
1799-1859 
SECOND BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY 
1832-1859 


THE SECOND BISHOP 


Bishop Doane took up his official residence in Burlington, and 
in 1833 accepted the vacant rectorship of St. Mary’s Church, 
which, in conjunction with his diocesan office, he held until his 
death in 1869. 


BISHOP DOANE A NATIVE OF TRENTON 


George Washington Doane was born in Trenton, May 27, 
1799. His father was Jonathan Doan, a well-known builder, his 
most conspicuous work being the State Prison (Arsenal). He is 
alluded to in Hall’s History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton 
(P- 354). 

BISHOP DOANE’S FATHER 

Jonathan Doan (now written Doane), having contracted to 

erect a State Prison at Trenton, Messrs. Hunt and Furman 

(1797) conveyed the ground on which the jail (now the arsenal) 

was built. . . . I have in my possession Mr. Doan’s receipt for 

the last payment of the contract alluded to. 

Received Novr. 14, 1798 of James Mott Treas’r four hundred 
and seventeen pounds, twelve shillings and two pence, being the 
balance of the sum allowed to me, by an act to appropriate a 
further sum of money for completing the State Prison, passed 
November 7, 1798. (signed) JonarHan Doan. 


THE STATE ARSENAL 


The building now used as the state arsenal was formerly the 
old state prison. It is situated on Second and Cass Streets in the 
city of Trenton, and has on its front, the following inscription: 


Labor, Silence, Penitence 
The Penitentiary House 
Erected by Legislative Authority 
Ricuarp HowELtL, Governor 
In the XXII year of American 
Independence MDCCXCVIIT 
That those who are feared for their 
Crimes may learn to Fear the Laws 
And be useful 
Hic Labor, Hoc Opus. 


THE EARLY CAREER OF BISHOP DOANE 


Young Doane was graduated at Union College, Schenectady, 
New York, in 1818; became a candidate for holy orders in the 


rug ny 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Diocese of New York in 1819; was ordained deacon by Bishop 
Hobart in 1821, and priest by the same prelate in 1823; united 
with the Rev. Mr. (afterwards Bishop) Upford, in organizing 
what became St. Luke’s Church, New York City; was chosen 
professor of Belles-Lettres and Oratory in Washington (now 
Trinity) College, Hartford, Conn., in 1824; became assistant 
minister of Trinity Church, Boston, in 1828, and rector of the 
same in 1830. (Hills, Hist. ot Ch. in Burlington, p. 401.) 

So far as there is any information on the subject, Bishop 
Doane is the only native-born Trentonian, who ever held the 


office of bishop in the American Episcopal Church. 


BISHOP DOANE’S CHARACTER AND ACHIEVEMENTS 


The Episcopate in America (Perry, p. 67), contains a sketch of 
Bishop Doane, from which the following is taken: 


Doane was the founder of St. Mary’s Hall 1837 and Burlington 
College 1846. He may be regarded as the father of Church 
schools in America. He was a life-long friend of the cause of mis- 
sions and a leading spirit in the development of our first mis- 
sionary enthusiasm. To him is due the recognition of the princi- 
ple that the Church itself is the one missionary organization and 
that every member is by virtue of Holy Baptism a pledged sup- 
porter of missions. 

In developing plans for his schools Doane found himself 
financially embarrassed. This was made the occasion for a 
petty trial fomented by disaffected laymen. Doane announcing 
his intention to “make the trial of a bishop hard,” triumphed 
over his opponents. 

He had a commanding presence, together witha capacity for 
almost infinite work, attracted all classes; was a polished writer, 
a graceful poet and an impassioned speaker. 


THE BISHOP A HYMN-WRITER 


Bishop Doane was the author of many hymns, two of which 
are among the best known and most prized in our Hymnal, and 
indeed of world-wide fame, viz.: 

Softly now the Light of Day, and that great missionary hymn, 
fling out the Banner: let it float. 


Bae teceny 


THE SECOND BISHOP 


DEATH OF BISHOP DOANE 


Bishop Doane, after a short illness, probably occasioned by 
over-work and exposure, passed away at his home in Burlington, 
April 27, 1859. 

An account of his last hours, contributed by his physician and 
published in the Life and Writings of Bishop Doane (Nol. I, pp. 
514-18) is of an interesting and pathetic nature. Surrounded by 
members of his family, and some intimate friends, this great 
bishop and valiant soldier of Jesus Christ breathed his last. His 
final words were: 

“T die in the faith of the Son of God and in the confidence of 
one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I have no merits, no man 
has, but my trust is in the mercy of Jesus.” 

And from the clear calm utterance of these words, his voice 
lowered, and hands were lifted: 

“Unto God’s gracious mercy and protection I commit you. The 
Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine 
upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his counte- 
nance upon you and give you peace both now and forevermore.” 

And as he gave us peace, God gave it fully to him. There was 
only quiet after this: the pressure of the hand, the eye that took 
in each of us, in turn, into its depth of love, his grateful accept- 
ance and his earnest Amen, to the prayer for his departing soul. 
And ten minutes before one, God let his servant depart in peace. 


The funeral of the second bishop of New Jersey was held in 
St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, on Saturday, April 30, 1859. A 
distinguished company was present at the service, including 
three bishops, forty-two clergymen, the governor of New Jersey, 
and several judges and senators. In the Resolutions adopted at a 
meeting of the clergy held the same day, was one which provided 
that the “Clergy of the diocese wear black crape on the left arm 
for thirty days as a token of respect to the memory of the late 
Bishop.” 

Bishop Doane’s tomb 1s in the churchyard, near the northeast 
corner of the church. The inscription reads: 

Jesu mercy. George Washington Doane, D.D., L.L.D., for 

XXVII years Bishop of New Jersey: born May 27, a.p. 

MDCCXCIX. Fell asleep, April 27, a.o. MDCCCLIX: in peace. 

“T have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.” 


Mae res tig) 


GAL Phot ennen 


THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND FREDERICK BEASLEY 


1830-1836 


OLLOWING the resignation of the Rev. W. L. Johnson, the 

Rev. William Chaderton of Burlington was invited to offi- 
ciate “once each month.” A committee was appointed to “ad- 
dress a letter to the president and managers of the Trenton 
Delaware Bridge Co. and request them to grant permission to 
the Rev. Mr. Chaderton to pass and repass the Bridge free of 
toll.”’ 

On April 12, 1830, the committee reported that they had 
waited on the Rev. Wm. Chaderton at his residence in Burling- 
ton. He declined the rectorship. 

August 2, 1830, it was 

Resolved unanimously that the Rev. Frederick Beasley D.D. 

of Philadelphia be called to the Rectorship of this Church at a 
salary of $250 per annum. Messrs William Halsted & Westley 

P. Hunt appointed a Committee to communicate the above. 

Under date of Philadelphia, August 5, 1830, Dr. Beasley wrote 

the said committee of his acceptance and that he would com- 
mence to officiate on Sunday next. 


BISHOP CROES DELAYS RECTOR’S INSTITUTION 


There was delay in the institution of the new rector, owing to 
some objections of Bishop Croes, based upon the fact that Dr. 
Beasley had been elected rector before he had received the testi- 
monial required by the canon from Bishop White. In order to 
meet the bishop’s objection, the vestry on September 20, elected, 
or re-elected, Dr. Beasley. The matter is thus stated in the min- 
utes for September 20, 1830: 


Although the vestry consider that the said Dr. Beasley was duly 
elected on the 30th Day of July last yet in compliance with the 
wishes of our Bishop and in order to obviate all difficulties that 
hereafter may arise it was Resolved to go into the election at 


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THE REVEREND FREDERICK BEASLEY, D.D. 
1777-1845 
RECTOR 1830-1836 


FROM A PAINTING IN POSSESSION OF THE 
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 


RECTORATE OF FREDERICK BEASLEY 


this time, when the Rev. Frederick Beasley, D.D., was unan- 
imously elected Rector of this Church. Resolved that Dr. Beas- 
ley communicate to the Rt. Rev. Bishop Croes the result of the 
election and request him to appoint a day when it will be con- 
venient for him to Institute him into the Rectorship of this 


Church. 


Under date of October 12, 1830, it was reported that ‘“‘Bishop 
Croes, by reason of ill health, would be unable to Institute Dr. 
Beasley at present.” 


COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS 
IN NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA 


The holding of a lottery to pay the church debt having been 
abandoned, some other methods of relieving the financial con- 
ditions were considered, and we find accordingly that recourse 
was had to the appointment of committees to solicit subscrip- 


tions in New York and Philadelphia. 


In April 1830 the following resolution was passed: 


Resolved that Mr. (Westley P.) Hunt be authorized to procure 
some suitable person to go to New York and Philadelphia to 
collect funds for the payment of the Church debt. 


Again on July 10, 1830, we find this minute: 

Messrs (W.P.) Hunt & (John) Mershon appointed to call on the 
members of the Congregation and Messrs (W.P.) Hunt, (Zaca- 
riah) Rossell and (Samuel S.) Stryker appointed a Committee 
to solicit subscriptions in Philadelphia to pay the Church debt. 


Evidently the committee needed prodding, for on October 12 
of the same year we have another reference to the subject: 

Messrs Rossell, Hunt & Stryker having been appointed a com- 

mittee on July 1oth last to solicit funds or contributions for the 

Church debt in Philada. Resolved that they attend that duty 

as soon as convenient and that Dr. Glentworth be added to the 

Committee. 


THE EMPLOYMENT OF A SUBSTITUTE 


Whether the committee ever found it “convenient” to solicit 
funds to pay the church debt in New York and Philadelphia does 


not appear. But at a meeting of the vestry held two years later, 


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HISTORY OF STI. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


October 17, 1832, we find provision made for the employment of 
a substitute to undertake the task, which probably the commit- 
tee had “‘side-stepped.” 
Resolved that David Johnson be employed to go to New York 
and Philadelphia to solicit subscriptions to pay the Church 
debt. 


As no further reference to the matter appears on the minutes 
it is doubtful whether the churchmen of New York and Phila- 
delphia welcomed the opportunity thus offered them. However 
that may have been, the debt seems finally to have been paid, 
since a few years later, when extensive renovations were in con- 
templation, it was stated that the debt amounted to only one 


hundred dollars. 
SALARY OF THE RECTOR 


The meagre salary of $250 offered to Dr. Beasley, was further 
augmented in 1831, by $50, and in the following year by the 
further sum of $100—“‘to be paid to Dr. Beasley in addition to 
his salary,” thus making a total of $400 annually. Presumably 
the rector possessed some private means, as otherwise, even in 
those days, the salary could hardly have been sufficient for his 
support. 

Annual Easter meetings are recorded for 1833, 1834, 1835 and 
1836, but there are no minutes covering this period. 


RESIGNATION OF DR. BEASLEY 


At a meeting of the wardens and vestry, Thursday, May 19, 
1836, the resignation of the rector was reported. 


Letter of resignation from Rev. Frederick Beasley as Rector of 
St. Michael’s from and after next Sunday. Messrs (Philemon) 
Dickinson (Wm.) Halsted & (John) Mershon appointed a Com- 
mittee to accept the resignation in writing. 

The letter of resignation of Dr. Beasley was dated Trenton, 
May 17,1836, in which he said he was induced to do so by reason 
of his desire of giving time to the completion “‘of those scientific 
and literary pursuits in which my greatest enjoyment in this life 
has been found.” He speaks of being formerly connected with 
the Church in Baltimore, and afterwards to the charge of the 
University of Pennsylvania. 


Byheybas! 


RECTORATE OF FREDERICK BEASLEY 


SKETCH OF THE REVEREND FREDERICK BEASLEY 


Frederick Beasley was born near Edenton, N.C., in 1777; 
graduated from Princeton College in 1797. He studied for the 
Ministry of the Episcopal Church and was made deacon in 1801 
and priest in 1802 by Bishop Moore of New York. His first 
charge was the rectorship of St. John’s Church, Elizabethtown. 
He was subsequently rector of St. Peter’s Church, Albany, and 
in 1809 became rector of St. Paul’s Church, Baltimore. He ac- 
cepted the office of provost of the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1813 remaining until 1826 when he resigned. From 1830 to 
1836 he was rector of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton. The re- 
mainder of his life was spent in Elizabethtown in retirement and 
study. He received degrees from Columbia College and the 
University of Pennsylvania. He was the author of many philo- 
sophical and religious works and published two sermons on 
duelling. He died in Elizabethtown, November 1, 1845. 


Dr. Beasley was the father of Chief-Justice Mercer Beasley, 
and thus the progenitor of a family for many years well-known 
and prominent in this city and state. 


DEATH OF BISHOP WILLIAM WHITE OF PENNSYLVANIA 


A resolution of sorrow over the death of Bishop White of 
Pennsylvania, who had recently passed away, was carried at a 
meeting of the wardens and vestry on Thursday, July 28, 1836: 


Resolved that the wardens & vestry of this Church deeply la- 
ment the death of that venerable Patriarch of the Episcopal 
Church the learned and pious Bishop White and asa testimonial 
of their respect for his memory do direct the Church to be hung 
with black for the period of three months. 


This resolution was published in The State Gazette, July 29, 
1836. : 


Based 


GHA PUB KORE 
THE RECTORATE OF THE REVEREND SAMUEL STARR 
1836-1855 
ENLARGEMENT OF CHURCH BUILDING 


ST. PAUL’S PARISH ORGANIZED 1848 


HE choice of a rector to succeed Dr. Beasley was not long 
delayed. At a meeting of the wardens and vestry, Monday, 
September 19, 1836, the decision was made. 


The Rev. Samuel Starr of Burlington was unanimously elected 
Rector of this Church; salary $700: Messrs (Phil) Dickinson & 
(W.P.) Hunt a committee tocommunicate the resolution to Rev. 
Starr. 

The Rev. Samuel Starr by letter dated Burlington, October 
11, 1836, accepting the Rectorship. 


A LONG PASTORATE 


The Rev. Samuel Starr was to serve the parish for the next 
nineteen years, the longest period attained by any rector of St. 
Michael’s Church, either before his time or afterwards, the 
nearest to him being the Rev. W. H. Neilson, Jr., who filled the 
office for sixteen years, 1873-1889. 


PROSPERITY VISITS THE PARISH 


During the Rev. Mr. Starr’s rectorate, the parish grew and 
prospered, as is usually the case during long pastorates. 
His report for the year 1837-1838 follows: 


Report for the years 1837-38 of the Rev. Samuel Starr, Rector. 
Families and pewholders, 88; Baptisms, (adults 2, infants 23) 
25; confirmed 23; communicants (added 14, died and removed 
10) present number §1; funerals 8; Sunday School teachers 20, 
scholars about 100. 

The Church has been repaired during the past year, at an ex- 
pense of about three hundred dollars. It has been supplied with 
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1807-1862 
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RECTORATE OF SAMUEL STARR 


for liquidating the balance of a debt long resting upon the 
Parish. Through the beneficence of one individual of the congre- 
gation a beautiful baptismal font of marble has been erected in 
front of the chancel, and through the liberality of another indi- 
vidual a handsome carpet has been laid on the aisles. 

The plan of Church Offerings has for the first time been ef- 
fectively introduced, the collections of which for the last ten 
months have amounted to $128.70. The offerings of the Sunday 
School have been $13.68; a portion of which has been applied 
for the benefit of two other schools connected with Missionary 
stations in the diocese, the balance yet remaining to be appro- 
priated. 

In addition to the stated services of the parish, the Rector has 
held a monthly service at the State prison. The regular service 
of the Church has been introduced, though the convicts at the 
time of worship, as at all times, are in solitary confinement. A 
donation of 50 Prayer Books has been made for their benefit, 
by the Bishop White Prayer Book Society; and the most lively 
expressions of satisfaction in having such a companion in their 
solitude, have been frequently made both to the Rector and to 
the Warden of the Prison. Notwithstanding the unfortunate 
character of the auditors, there is no class of people surely more 
in need of that Gospel which unfolds the plan of pardon, through 
the Cross of Christ, for all sin. And under the circumstances of 
their situation there is everything to encourage the hope of 
great and permanent advantage. Their solitude is peculiarly 
adapted for promoting a deep and abiding impression. 


EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE VESTRY 
. October 23, 1837. 
Ordered that the Ball and vane on the Church Steeple be re- 
gilded. 
March 6, 1838. 
Joseph Wood on December 23, 1837, presented “a beautiful 
carpet for the aisles of the Church as a Christmas gift.’ A vote 
of thanks extended to him. 


PROVISION MADE FOR A PARISH LIBRARY 

October 4, 1838. 
The Rector stated the object of the meeting was to consider the 
propriety of establishing a Parish Library for the use of mem- 
bers of the Congregation. The plan proposed was as follows: 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


each subscriber to pay at the time of subscribing the sum of 
One Dollar for each share for which he or she may subscribe, 
and to be entitled to the privilege of having the use of the Books 
belonging to the Library. The management of the Library to be 
under the direction of the Rector, Church wardens and vestry 
men of the Church. 


A note of a later date says: 

The Rector exhibited to the vestry the Books he had purchased 
for the Library amounting to eighty-three volumes, the selec- 
tion was approved of and the following regulations were adopted 


Ist. Every Dollar contributed to the Library shall constitute 
a share, and shall entitle the contributor to draw one volume. 


and. Any person contributing. Books to the value of five 
Dollars shall be entitled to two shares & to the value of ten 
Dollars to four shares. 

3d. Every Book shall be returned at the expiration of two weeks 
from the time of choosing. The penalty of one cent shall be 
paid to the Librarian for every additional day it may be re- 
tained. 

4th. If a Book be lost or injured, it shall be replaced or the 
amount of its original cost shall be paid to the Librarian. 


sth. The Library shall be opened for the distribution of Books 
on the afternoon of Monday in each week, during such hours 
as the Librarian may appoint. 


REV. MR. STARR GIVEN PERMISSION TO TAKE CHARGE 
OF THE TRENTON ACADEMY 


January 13, 1839. 
Rev. Mr. Starr said he had been solicited to take charge of the 
Trenton Academy for one or more years, and was willing to 
accept provided it was approved by the Vestry. The vestry was 
willing that such permission be granted, for one year from the 
Ist day of May next, provided that it did not interfere with his 
parochial duties. 


LOTS IN A CEMETERY PRESENTED TO THE CHURCH 
January 21, 1839. 
Mr. John Mershon stated that Elisha Gordon Exq had pre- 
sented to the Church a Deed for ten lots of ground, each lot con- 


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taining Ten by eight feet in his cemetery at the head of Warren 
Street. Whereupon it was Resolved that the Thanks of the 
vestry be presented to Mr. Gordon for his valuable gift and 
that the Clerk present him with a copy of the above Resolution. 
Follows copy of the Deed for said Lots dated January 1, 1839, 
from Elisha Gordon to The Rector, Church wardens and vestry- 
men of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s in 
the City of Trenton; consideration $2; 10 lots, No. 553 to 562, 
inclusive, ten feet in length and 8 feet in width, as per “Plan of 
the Trenton Cemetery,” recorded in the Office of the Secretary 
of State. Office of Mercer County in Book “A” of Deeds, 
folio 348. 

The above lots were to be used for the burial of the poor de- 
ceased persons of the said church. 


On May 1, 1848, we have a further reference to the burial lots, 
by which it would appear that it was the desire of the vestry to 
re-convey the same, or to dispose of them by sale. 


The Committee appointed on the land conveyed by Mr. 
Gordon was continued with power to enter into such arrange- 
ments with the representatives of Mr. Gordon’s Estate for a re- 
conveyance of said land, or for the sale thereof, as they may 


think proper. 
CEMETERY ABANDONED 


Nothing further appears upon the minutes in respect to the 
matter for eighteen years, when we learn, 1864, that the ceme- 
tery was abandoned as such, and the lots belonging to St. 
Michael’s Church were offered for sale. 

The minutes of November 3, 1864, give the following infor- 
mation: 


Mr. James S. Robinson offered to purchase burial lots pre- 
sented to the Church some years ago by Mr. E. Gordon; the 
“ground intended for the Cemetery was found wet and entirely 
unfit for the purpose of burying and long since abandoned.” 
Mr. Robinson desired to purchase the lot claims in order to use 
the field for other purposes and offered $20 for them. Referred 
to a Committee appointed. 


Presumably the lots were then disposed of, for nothing further 
in respect to the matter appears upon the minutes. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


FIRST MENTION OF AN ORGAN 
March 1, 1841. 


Mr. Wood was appointed a Committee to request Col. Josiah 
N. Bird to write to Mr. Holbrook if he will furnish us with an 
Organ, “equal in capacity of the one he built for the Presby- 
terian Church in this City and take the one we now own.” 


April 12, 1841. 
Mr. Holbrook sent a letter stating he would furnish us with an 


organ, which it was thought would answer our purpose for 
$800, and allow us $250 for the one we now have. 


The new organ was finally ordered at a meeting of the vestry, 


April 30, 1841: 


Resolved that Messrs Holbrook & Ware of East midway 
Massachusetts be employed to build an Organ for the use of the 
Church, of the capacity and description of the one built by them 
for the use of the Presbyterian Church in this City, they agree- 
ing to build the same for $1000 taking and allowing $250 for 
the one now in the Church in part payment. 


The organ was delivered and in place by the following Decem- 
ber, according to a note under date of December 2, 1841: 


New organ in the Gallery (A request was made that the manu- 
facturers tune the new organ at a meeting held on Feb. 4, 1842). 


MOURNING OVER THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT 
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON 


Mourning over the death of President William Henry Harri- 
son was appropriately observed by St. Michael’s Church, as is 
evident from the following, under date April 12, 1841: 


Resolved that the Church be hung with Black until 14th of May 
being the day appointed by the acting President of the United 
States as a day of Fasting, humiliation and Prayer as a testi- 
mony of respect to the memory of Gen. William Henry Harri- 
son late president of the United States. 


NEWSPAPER NOTICES 


The following notices of the event appear in the State Gazette 
of those days: 


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Gazette 
Friday, April 9, 1841 (3-1) 


At a meeting of the citizens of Trenton and South Trenton, 
on Wednesday evening, the 7th instant, for the purpose of 
making a public manifestation of respect to the memory of our 
much lamented late President, William Henry Harrison. 
(Extract) 

Charles Burroughs, Mayor, appointed President. 

Series of Resolutions adopted. 

Committee appointed to make arrangements to have a 
funeral sermon delivered before all the Churches and the Public 
in the First Presbyterian Church on Thursday, the 15th inst. 
at 11 a.m., by the Rev. Mr. Yeomans. 

During the exercises it was recommended that all merchants 
and others suspend business—Charles Burroughs, Chairman of 
the Committee. 

Dated Trenton, April g, 1841. 


Gazette 
Wednesday, April 14, 1841 (2-1) 


In consequence of the unfavorable state of the weather, the 
funeral solemnities have been postponed until Thursday of next 
week. 

Gazette 


Monday, April 19, 1841 (2-1) 


Proclamation of Gov. William Pennington, dated April 15, 
1841, on the death of President William Henry Harrison, 
recommending the observance of Friday, the 14th of May 
next, as a day of fasting and prayer in the respective churches. 


Gazette 
April 21, 1841 
The respective church bells to be muffled and tolled from 10 
to 11 a.m. Thursday, April 22, 1841. 
Gazette 
Friday, April 23, 1841 


. . . the windows of a few of the stores were hung in black 
(says nothing about churches being draped). 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHURCH BUILDING 


Extensive improvements and renovations to the church were 
undertaken in June 1843, and completed the last of the follow- 
ing October. 

May 31, 1843. 

Resolved that it is expedient to extend the Church to the line 

of the street agreeably to the plan prepared by Mr. Walter, 

Architect. 

June g, 1843. 

Resolved that the Rector be requested to invite Mr. Walter, 

Architect & Mr. Lindsay builder to meet the vestry in the 

church Monday at 5 p.m. to confer with the vestry on enlarging 

the Church. 
June 12, 1843. 


Resolved that the improvements to the Church be made accord- 
ing to the plans of Mr. Walter. The plan which embraces side- 
galleries suggested by Samuel B. Scattergood, not agreed to. 
Mr. Halsted moved that the plan as proposed without the gal- 
lery be adopted—agreed to. 


SERVICES HELD IN THE STATE HOUSE 


Resolved that when we vacate the Church for worship that the 
State House be the place of meeting, if it can be procured. 


REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE 


December 6, 1843. 


The Building Committee, to whom was referred the superinten- 
dence of the proposed improvements to St. Michael’s Church re- 
ported. The work was commencediearly in July—no material 
interruption of its progress occurred till the time of its comple- 
tion. It was reopened for divine services October 29. ... The 
entire expense appears to be $2,184.55. This also includes 
painting, carpeting, upholstering, painting steeple, taking down 
and putting up vane & Ball. 


The following account is taken from the Sheet Anchor, of 
Saturday, October 21, 1843: 


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RECTORATE OF SAMUEL STARR 
St. Michael’s Church 


The Congregation are informed that owing to the repairs and 
improvements of the Church, there will be no service in the 
Church, nor in the Hall of the Legislature, on Sunday next: and 
the congregation are further informed that the proposed meet- 
ing of the vestry and the congregation on Saturday afternoon, 
is postponed for the same cause, until Friday afternoon the 
27th inst at 3 o'clock. 


FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE WOMEN 


There is a note under date March 13, 1844, to the effect that 
the “Ladies of the congregation recetved $410 at the public 
fair.” Presumably this sum went to help pay the cost of the 
improvements. 


A RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE ON DEATH OF MRS. STARR 


July 24, 1844. 
Resolution of condolence on the death of Mrs. Sarah P. Starr, 
wife of the Rector. The vestry to attend her funeral tomorrow 
afternoon at Burlington. 


Meetings are recorded for 1844, 1845, 1846 and 1847, but no 
business of importance appears to have been transacted. 


TROUBLE WITH THE CHOIR 


The first mention of a choir appears on the minutes in 1848, 
though undoubtedly there was such from the earliest times. But 
probably hitherto the choir had functioned with only the ordi- 
nary difficulties which commonly prevail in such organizations, 
especially if the services of the singers be voluntary. Possibly in 
the present instance, some of the congregation had found fault 
with the singing, as not infrequently happens, and the singers 
being sensitive folk, felt aggrieved at the criticisms. 

May 1, 1848. 

Mr. Baird and other members of the choir having declined a 

continuance of their vocal services. 


It was Resolved that the Rector and wardens be appointed to 
present to them, in such terms as they deem suitable for the 
occasion, the thanks of the vestry for their past services in the 
choir. 


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The crisis seems to have been duly met, for the committee re- 
ported, on May 1g following, the success of their endeavors. 


The Committee appointed to organize a choir reported that 
their wishes had been met by several ladies of the congregation 
who had promised their services, and that they had com- 
menced to obtain subscriptions to meet the expenses of salary 
to the ladies of the choir. 


The arrangement could not have been a permanent one, or 
some further dissatisfaction developed, for we find a proposal to 
pay the organist, as also the choirmaster, certain sums out of 
which the latter is to provide for the singers. 


April ro, 1852. 
Resolved that the Organist be paid $25 per Quarter and a like 


sum to Mr. Yates as Chorister, out of which he is to pay Mr. 
Baldwin for his assistance. 


Evidently this arrangement did not prove satisfactory to the 
gentlemen concerned, for one month later we find the following 
resolution: 

June 3, 1852. 


Resolved that a committee of two be appointed to enter into a 
written contract with some competent person for a sum not 
exceeding $185 per annum, for which sum he shall bind himself 
to furnish an organist and a full and sufficient choir in all its 
parts. 

Resolved that the person so selected by the Committee agree to 
meet in said Church for the purpose of rehersal with the mem- 
bers of the congregation or others that they may induce to take 
part in the same, whereupon Messrs Halsted and Howe were 
appointed the committee. 


Such a person seems soon to have been found, who for the 
modest sum mentioned above, was willing to undertake the task. 
July 6, 1852, house of J. M. Davis. 


The Committee on music made an agreement with John 
Fletcher to furnish the music to the Church. 


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ENLARGEMENT AND RENOVATION 
RECTOR’S REPORT FOR 18s 


The rector’s report for 1851 contains the following comments 
in regard to the enlargement and renovation of the church: 


The increasing demand for pews has rendered necessary the 
enlargement of the Church edifice—The vestry have unani- 
mously resolved to make provision for supplying this demand. 
The contract for an extensive addition has been made and the 
work has been commenced to be concluded in September. The 
additional space contemplated will be nearly equal to one half 
of the present building, by which ample accommodation will 
be afforded and the architectural appearance of the Church 
much improved. 


REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF BUILDING COMMITTEE 
July 6, 1852. 
The Treasurer of the Building Committee, Mr. J. M. Davis, 


reported that the amount of money for the enlargement of the 
Church paid to date was $2,580.79. 


Vestry meetings during 1852, 1853, 1854 and 1855 are re- 
corded, but there is no mention of any business transacted. 
The following is a notice of the Easter election of 1852: 


State Gazette 
Tuesday, April 13, 1852 
The election for vestrymen of St. Michael Church was held 
yesterday, and resulted in the choice of the old vestry as 
follows: John R. Dill, William Pearson, J. M. Davis and J. S. 
Fish. 


SEQUEL TO THE ELECTION 


It appears from an article printed in the State Gazette on April 
16 of that year, that the election was a contested one: 

Nothing about this matter appears upon the minutes, but the 
facts seem to be clearly set forth in the printed article which was 
evidently written and inspired by some one familiar with the 
causes of the disagreement or what lay behind them. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


State Gazette 
Friday, April 16, 1852 (2-1) 


ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


There appeared in each of the papers of this city on the 12th 
instant, an announcement of the result of an election held on 
that day for Vestrymen. As it is unusual to notice such matters 
here in the newspapers, and as doubtless some good object was 
designed by the publication, it may be as well to state a// the 
circumstances attending the election. 

For some time there has existed great dissatisfaction among a 
respectable portion of the contributors in respect to the course 
taken towards the Bishop, (originating here) and also the gen- 
eral management of its temporalities. 

To mark their disapprobation, 1t was esteemed to be a duty to 
endeavor to discipline a portion of the Vestrymen. 

Fifty-five votes were polled. About 18 were given for the new 
ticket, and about 36 for the contested portion of the old. Some 
of the old members received all the votes cast. One-third, 
therefore, of the congregation voted for the change. It may be 
added that this one-third vote was composed, with but one 
exception, of male suffrages, the other two-thirds being those 
principally of females, who, having been feelingly appealed to, 
voted in approval of the course of the Rector and the old Vestry 
within the parish, but as was well understood, without reference 
to any question of interest to the church at large. 

As this is the first time in the history of St. Michael’s that 
there has been a contested election, it is deemed advisable 
that all the facts should be truly stated. 

Let the blame of this exhibition of want of harmony in the 
parish rest where it ought. No further comment is made. 

(The above communication seems to require of us the simple 
remark, that our paragraph, reporting the result of the election 
at St. Michael’s, was published by us without any suggestion 
from either of the parties, simply because it excited considerable 
interest, it is our business to collect matters of this kind.) 


(Lhe Reporter.) 
ANTAGONISM TO BISHOP DOANE 


Without attempting to enter into the unprofitable ecclesiasti- 
cal controversies of those remote days, it might be said here, that 


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there was considerable opposition to Bishop Doane on the part 
of a section of the laity in the diocese, perhaps to be attributed 
to his churchmanship which was regarded as “advanced” in 
those days, and this episode is doubtless a local repercussion of 
that controversy. 


THE FORMATION OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCH 


St. Paul’s Church was the first daughter of St. Michael’s. The 
parish was organized in 1848, by a group of persons who deemed 
the time was ripe for another Episcopal church, and that the 
location of such was needed in South Trenton. The building was 
erected in 1848. The wardens and vestrymen chosen were: 


John Hewitt Charles Hewitt 
Josiah N. Bird William E. Hunt 
Edward Cooper Abram Salger 
Jacob B. Gaddis Joseph Tompkins 


State Gazette 
September 13, 1848 


South Trenton Episcopal Church. The building of this hand- 
some edifice is progressing finely. It is situated upon the ele- 
vated level near the State Prison, in the midst of a rapidly 
increasing population of working men, upon whom it cannot 
fail to exercise a salutary influence. The Rev. Mr. Franklin, a 
gentleman of fine talents, has been engaged to minister to the 
spiritual wants of the congregation. 


THE COOPER HEWITT IRON WORKS 


The formation of St. Paul’s parish was due to the establish- 
ment about that time of the great Cooper & Hewitt’s iron mills 
in Trenton which drew to Trenton a large number of industrial 
workers, chiefly Irish and German, though there was evidently 
a contingent which desired the ministrations of the Episcopal 
Church. Peter Cooper, the New York philanthropist, was the 
head of the firm and the other member was his son-in-law Abram 


S. Hewitt subsequently mayor of New York City. 


THE RESIGNATION OF THE REV. MR. STARR 


The Rev. Mr. Starr’s long pastorate of nineteen years was 
now about to terminate, and the fact is thus tersely announced: 


por 


HISTORY. OF UST): MICHAELS CHURCH 
Meeting of Vestry, March 23, 1855. 


Rev. Samuel Starr, Rector, sent in his resignation as Rector to 
accept a call from Grace Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to take 
effect some day in April by agreement; dated March 23, 1855— 
Accepted. 


A SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY 


The report for the year 1851, by the rector, shows that the 
parish had grown considerably since the beginning of his minis- 
try in 1836. Families and pewholders had increased from 88 to 
110; communicants from 56 to 117. 


DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL STARR 
State Gazette 
Friday May 9g, 1862 


Rev. Samuel Starr for several years Rector of St. Michael’s 
Church in this City died recently at Chicago, when on his way 
to his home at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Starr was widely 
known in this community, and as generally respected and be- 
loved. He left Trenton some seven or eight years since for the 
west, and has since resided in Iowa, where he was rector of a 


parish of the Episcopal Church. 


RESOLUTIONS OFFERED ON THE DEATH OF THE 
REV.|\MR. STARR 


Adoption of resolutions on the death of Rev. Samuel Starr, 
former Rector of this Parish from December 4, 1836, to May 1, 
1855, which occurred in Chicago, IIl., on Thursday May 1, 
1862, sent to family. S. S. Stryker, J. M. Davis & James 
Murphy, committee. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. SAMUEL STARR 


The Rev. Samuel Starr, son of Edward and Abigail Hoyt Starr, 
was born August 1, 1807, at Reading, Connecticut; graduated 
in 1829 at Washington (now Trinity) College, Hartford; or- 
dained a clergyman of the Episcopal Church at Camden, N.J.; 
soon afterward removed to Trenton where, as assistant to 
Bishop Doane, rector of St. Michael’s Church, and chaplain of 
the state prison, he spent more than 20 years of faithful service. 


In 1855 he accepted a call to Grace Church, Cedar Rapids, 
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Iowa, to which he ministered until 1860. He went East hoping 
to benefit his declining health, and while on the return journey 
“the angel of God met him in the way,” and suddenly he en- 
tered upon his eternal rest May 1, 1862, at Chicago, and was 
buried at Cedar Rapids, where in the new Grace Church a beau- 
tiful window is in sacred memorial of the Christian, gentleman, 
and faithful pastor. A local paper says, “It becomes us who 
mourn our departed friend, to point to his work as the most 
fitting and eloquent tribute to his worth, . . . here, where his 
high attainments as a Christian and a man of letters, blended 
with a suavity of manner rarely to be found, won for him the 
love and esteem of all.” 


(Above copied from the Starr Family, p. 310. [pub. 1879].) 


A relative of the Rev. Samuel Starr, Professor William Starr 
Myers, of Princeton University, is at present (1925) a vestryman 


of St. Michael’s Church. 


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CH Ada deh) Re NONE 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES B 


1800-1860 


HE following is a partial list of the authorities from which 
much of the material 1s taken for these sketches: The Me- 
chanics Bank 1839-1919; The Trenton Savings Fund Soctety, 
1919; Trenton Banking Company, 1907; Hall, History of the Pres- 
byterian Church in Trenton, 2nd ed., 1912; Cooley, Karly Settlers 
in Trenton and Ewing; History of Burlington and Mercer County, 
1886; Keasbey, Courts and Lawyers of New Fersey, 1912; Lee, 
Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, 1907; 
Mercer County, N.7F.; Mills, Historic Houses of New Fersey, 1902; 
Names and Inscriptions on Tombstones in St. Michael’s Church- 
yard; Files of Trenton Newspapers; Files of New Jersey State 
Legislative Manual. Several of the sketches were furnished by 
Philip Wharton Dickinson and others were obtained by letter 
or personal interviews from individuals whose ancestors are here 
dealt with. 
In the case of several well-known Trenton families brief 
genealogical notes have been appended. These families include 
the Beasleys, Cadwaladers, Dickinsons, Higbees and Hunts. 


THE BEASLEY FAMILY 


For a sketch of the Rev. Frederick Beasley see his rectorate of St. Michael’s 
Church, 1830-1836. 


BeasLtey, Mercer—Was born in Mercer County, New Jersey, 1815. His 
father was the Rev. Frederick Beasley, for many years provost of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, and rector of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, 1830- 
1836. His mother was Maria Williamson, daughter of Matthias Williamson 
who was a brother of Governor Isaac Williamson. He entered the junior class 
of Princeton College, but was not graduated. He read law in Trenton under 
the tutelage of Samuel L. Southard, and later in the office of Chancellor Isaac 
H. Williamson, at Elizabeth. He was admitted to the bar in 1838, and be- 
came a counsellor in 1842. In 1864 he was appointed, by Governor Parker, 
chief-justice of the Supreme Court. He was reappointed by Governor Ran- 
dolph in 1871, by Governor McClellan in 1878, by Governor Abbett in 1885, 


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES B 


and again in 1892 holding office until his death February 19, 1897, a period of 
thirty-three years. Mercer Beasley was twice married. By his first wife 
Frances, daughter of Charles Higbee, he had three children, Charlotte who 
married Edward T. Green, Mercer who married Mary Stockton and Frances 
who married Chief-Justice William S. Gummere. By his second wife Cather- 
ine Havens he had one son Chauncey who married Jessie Fleming. None of 
these is now living except Frances, Mrs. Gummere. 


De BELLEVILLE, NICHOLAS JACQUES EMMANUEL—Is mentioned as 
a contributor to St. Michael’s Church in the list of parishioners made by the 
Rev. William L. Johnson, in 1825. He was born in France in 1753 and came to 
America in 1777, in company with Count Pulaski, acting in the capacity of a 
physician to that nobleman. The two came to Trenton in connection with the 
Count’s efforts to recruit a legion which he had been authorized to raise, by 
the Provincial Congress. Dr. de Belleville, while in Trenton, made the ac- 
quaintance of Dr. Bryant, who induced him to settle in Trenton and practise 
his profession. He accepted the advice given him and remained here until his 
death, December 17, 1831, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was 
buried in the graveyard of the First Presbyterian Church. In Hall’s History 
of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton (pp. 260-2), there is an extended ac- 
count of his life. His daughter, Mary de Belleville, married James Clark, and 
their daughters, (1) Susan Elizabeth, and (2) Anne de Belleville, were suc- 
cessively the wives of William Edgar Hunt. 

(For the descendants of Dr. de Belleville seesketch of William Edgar Hunt) 


A SOLDIER IN WASHINGTON’S BODY GUARD 


Bryant, JonatTHAN—Mentioned as sexton of St. Michael’s Church in 
1825, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He served in Captain Ezra 
Newhall’s Company, 27th Regiment, Continental Infantry, commanded by 
Colonel Israel Hutchinson; at battle of Trenton, N.J., December 26, 1776; 
honorably discharged at Newtown, Pa., December 30, 1776; and re-enlisted 
for three years, Captain George Lewis’s Troop, 3d Regiment, Continental 
Dragoons, commanded by Colonel George Baylor; assigned with Troop to the 
Cavalry of the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard, commanded by Captain George 
Lewis, May 1, 1777; at battle of Brandywine, Del., September 11, 1777; 
battle of Germantown, Pa., October 4, 1777; battle of Monmouth, N.J., June 
28, 1778; rejoined regiment September 26, 1778; at skirmish of Tappan, N.Y., 
September 28, 1778; honorably discharged at Schuylkill Barracks, Philadel- 
phia, Pa., December 13, 1779. 


NOTES B YC ub aG. 


In the Revolutionary Pension Case of the above soldier, dated Trenton, N.]J., 
August 2, 1820, it is shown that he was born in October 1755; that his occupa- 
tion was a shoemaker and sexton of St. Michael’s Church; that his wife was 
Jane (who was born in June 1755), and that he had living with his family a 
grand-daughter, who was Jane Ann Davenport (born in 1808). According to 
my history the soldier, Jonathan Bryant died in Trenton, N.J., September 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 
THE CADWALADER FAMILY 


Dr. THomas CaDWALADER was the first of the family to be associated with 
Trenton. He became, in 1746, the first chief burgess of the town. In 1750 he 
gave £500 to found a public library. He married a daughter of Thomas Lam- 
bert, son of Thomas, one of the first settlers. He died November 18, 1779, in 
the seventy-third year of his age. His son, Lambert, was born in Trenton in 
1741. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress from 1784 to 
1787, and in the Federal Congress 1789-1791, and again 1793-1795. He died 
September 13, 1823, in the eighty-second year of his age. 


CaDWALADER, THOMAS McCa_t—Lambert’s son, whose name appears in the 
list of parishioners of St. Michael’s Church, 1825, was born September 11,1795. 
He was graduated at Princeton and studied law, but did not practise. He 
owned and resided on the family estate in the western section of Trenton, 
which during the last twenty-five years has been developed for residences, 
and is now one of the most popular portions of the City. It is from this family 
that Cadwalader Park takes its name. 

Mr. Cadwalader was appointed June 2, 1830, deputy adjutant-general 
Hunterdon Brigade, New Jersey Militia, and lieutenant-colonel and aide- 
de-camp to Gov. Seeley April 10, 1833, and Brigadier General and Adjutant- 
General of New Jersey July 30, 1842. The last position he retained, through 
all changes of politics, until his resignation January 26, 1858. In 1856, at the 
request of the governor, he proceeded to Europe to travel through various 
countries, and report as to the fire-arms there in use. The report was printed. 
In March 1858, in pursuance of a special Act of the Legislature, he was 
brevetted major-general for long and meritorious services. He died at 
Greenwood, October 22, 1873. He married December 27, 1831, Maria C., 
daughter of Nicholas Gouverneur of New York by his wife Hester, daughter 
of Lawrence Kortright, and sister of the wife of President Monroe. 

Thomas M. Cadwalader was the father of John Lambert Cadwalader of 
New York who provided the extension to the Free Public Library of Trenton 
in 1914. He died March 11, 1914. Another son was Richard McCall Cad- 
walader, a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia whose son, of the same name, 
married Emily W. Roebling, daughter of Charles G. Roebling of Trenton. He 
died December g, 1918. A daughter Mary married the celebrated Dr. S. Weir 
Mitchell of Philadelphia. John L. and Richard McCall were alumni of Prince- 
ton University. 

Thomas M. Cadwalader was one of the founders of Trinity Church, Tren- 
ton in 1858. Both he and his wife are buried in the Friends’ Burying Ground, 
Hanover and Montgomery Streets, Trenton. 


Crymer, Henry—Vestry 1520. Was born in Philadelphia, July 21, 1767, 
died at his seat, Somerville, near Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 
April 17, 1830. Son of George Clymer, the signer, by Elizabeth, sister of 
General Samuel Meredith. Married in Philadelphia, July 9, 1794, Mary, 
daughter of Thomas and Anne (McCall) Witting, born September 15, 1770, 
died October 25, 1852. Mr. Clymer graduated at Princeton, 1786. Admitted 
to the Pennsylvania Bar 1790. PWD. 


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Davis, James M.—Warden 1853-1873, Vestry 1849-1873. Was born at 
Shawangunk, now Ulster County, New York, August 6, 1818. He studied 
dentistry in Trenton under Dr. Daniel Foster in 1842. He began his practice 
in Washington, D.C., but returned to Trenton in 1845, and worked at his 
profession for over forty years. He married, May 11, 1843, Elizabeth H., 
daughter of Samuel Kallam and Margaret Miller, of Trenton. Their children 
were Frances, wife of Dr. J. L. Bodine, of Trenton, Ilicia W., the wife of the 
Rey. John S. Gibson, an Episcopal clergyman of the Shenandoah Valley, West 
Virginia, and Marvina James, wife of Henry D. Scudder, of Trenton. Dr. 
Davis died July 4, 1885. A grandson is Joseph L. Bodine, Judge of the U.S. 
District Court, and a granddaughter is Elizabeth D. Bodine, both living in 
Trenton. 


THE DICKINSON FAMILY 


Tue Dickinson family were connected with St. Michael’s Church from very 
early days, their names being recorded among the parishioners in a list made 


in 1825 by the Rev. William L. Johnson. 


Dickinson, SAMUEL,—Son of General Philemon Dickinson, was born in 
Philadelphia April 6, 1770, studied law with Edward Tilgham of Philadel- 
phia, and was admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania in 1792, but never prac- 
tised. He returned to Trenton and resided on his estate “The Grange”’ in 
Milham, now the eighth ward of Trenton. On the death of his father, he re- 
moved to his father’s estate, “The Hermitage,” afterwards the Atterbury 
property on West State Street. He married his cousin, Ann, daughter of 
General Samuel Meredith, November 25, 1796. He died at the Hermitage 
November 6, 1837. 


THE CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ANN MEREDITH DICKINSON 


Mary, born October 16, 1797, died May 1863, married October 21, 1830 
William Coleman McCall. 

John, born March 7, 1802, married (1) Elizabeth Barlow, May 10, 1831; 
(2) Ury Drake, June 2, 1836. 

Philemon, born February 16, 1804, died September 2, 1882, married De- 
cember 3, 1834 Margaret Corinne Clothilde Gobert. 

Samuel, born November 30, 1806, died July 18, 1852, married June 30, 
1840 Martha Gibson. 


Dickinson, PH1LEMon—Vestry 1830-1836; 1844-1845. Was born at 
“The Grange,” the residence of his father, Samuel Dickinson, in Milham, 
now East Trenton, February 4, 1803. Received his early education at the old 
Trenton Academy. Entered Princeton College 1819, graduating A.B. 1822. 
Read law with Hon. Charles Ewing, at one time chief justice of the Supreme 
Court: Admitted to the bar 1826; solicitor Trenton Banking Co. 1826-1828, 
director 1828-1882, president 1832-1881; corporation counsel, city of Tren- 
ton 1828-1830; United States pension agent for New Jersey 1837-1861, and 
again 1866-1869; member Common Council of Trenton 1844-1845, when he 
prepared, introduced and pushed to its final passage an Ordinance erecting 


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a Sinking Fund, commencing with $500.00. In March 1882 Mr. Dickinson 
told his nephew, the writer of this memoir, that the fund had increased to 
$450,000. Chosen freeholder, Mercer County 1854-1857. Member Constitu- 
tional Commission of New Jersey 1873. President Old Delaware Bridge Co; 
many years president Trenton Water Works, and president and director in 
many corporations. Honorary Member New Jersey State Society of the Cin- 
cinnati and of the New Jersey Historical Society. One of the founders of 
Trinity Church in 1858. Married in St. John’s Chapel, New York, December 
3, 1834, Margaret Corinne Clothilde Gobert, daughter of Charles and Char- 
lotte Tiebout (Ogden) Gobert. Mrs. Dickinson was born in March 1811, died 
July 2, 1875. She was a prominent figure in the social life of Trenton for forty 
years, and active in church affairs in St. Michael’s and Trinity. Admired and 
beloved by all for her kindness of heart and her gracious presence, truly a 
grande dame of the old régime. 
Mr. Dickinson died September 2, 1882. PUY 


CHILDREN OF PHILEMON AND MARGARET GOBERT DICKINSON 


Philemon, born August 12, 1835, died October 23, 1861, unmarried. 

Emily Gouverneur, born June 24, 1837, married September 29, 1857, 
Richard Fowler Stevens. 

Samuel Meredith, born June 25, 1839, died January 29, 1905, married 
September 28, 1871, Garetta Moore. 

Mary, born January g, 1841, died December 12, 1917, unmarried. 

George Fox, born November g, 1843, died 1913, married October 17, 1866, 
Jane Parrott. 

Charlotte, born August 3, 1846, married June 8, 1871, Garret D. W. 
Vroom. 

Of the above Samuel Meredith Dickinson was a life-long resident of Tren- 
ton and a distinguished citizen and official of the State. He was born at the 
“Hermitage,” Trenton, on June 25, 1839. In 1856 and 1857 he was engaged in 
mercantile pursuits in New York City. He then returned to Trenton and 
studied law in the office of Mercer Beasley subsequently chief-justice. On the 
outbreak of the Civil War he entered the military service of New Jersey as a 
private. He served by enlistment April 1861, with the command for the pro- 
tection of the New Jersey State Arsenal, Trenton. He received an appoint- 
ment and commission as paymaster, United States Navy, June 17, 1861. He 
resigned upon the return of his vessel to Philadelphia November 1, 1862. In 
1863 he was appointed private secretary to Governor Joel Parker and com- 
missioned major and aide-de-camp, General Staff, Third Division, New 
Jersey Militia, April 12, 1864. In 1865 he was commissioned assistant ad- 
jutant-general of the State in recognition of his services during the war; 
acting adjutant-general of New Jersey June 23, to September 14, 1877, and 
for long and faithful service was commissioned brigadier-general by brevet 
and retired July 5, 1893. 

Mr. Dickinson was admitted as an attorney in 1863 and as counsellor-at- 
law in 1866. In 1867 when the office of comptroller of the treasurer was estab- 


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lished, he was made deputy under Comptroller Wm. K. McDonald, and re- 
mained in that office during his term. In 1871 he entered the office of Clerk 
of Court of Chancery and continued to perform the responsible duties de- 
volving upon him, for which his extended knowledge of chancery practice 
fitted him, until his death. 

Mr. Dickinson was the author of two valuable works; one is Chancery 
Precedents, published in 1879, with a second edition published in 1894, and 
Probate Court Practice, published in 1884 and revised in 1896, both of which 
books were accepted as authorities by bench and bar. Upon the death of John 
H. Stewart in 1890 Mr. Dickinson was appointed chancery court reporter, 
compiling and publishing for the official state records all the cases of that 
court, which position he held at the time of his death. For many years he held 
the position of president of New Jersey Society Sons of the Revolution, and 
was a member of Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S. Commandery 
of the State of Pennsylvania. He was also treasurer of Trenton Battle Monu- 
ment Association. Mr. Dickinson died at his home in Trenton, January 
29, 1905. 

The children of Samuel Meredith and Garetta Moore Dickinson are all 
living, and are well known in Trenton, where they were born, and where 
several are still making their homes. The boys are all alumni of Princeton 
University. John M., Philemon, Walter Meredith, Lynford, Frances M., 
Sackett M. 

Mary Dickinson, daughter of Philemon and Margaret Gobert Dickinson, 
lived in Trenton all her life. She was unmarried, and a woman of striking 
personality. 

Charlotte, the widow of Garret D. W. Vroom, with their daughter, Ger- 
trude G., is living in Trenton. They are communicants of St. Michael’s 


Church. 


A MOTHER IN ISRAEL 


Dickinson, MartHa—Daughter of William and Sarah (Wharton- 
Collins) Gibson, and wife of Colonel Samuel Dickinson, was born at Spring- 
field, at the east end of Otsego Lake, Otsego County, New York, February 
10, 1815, and died at Bordentown, New Jersey, December 7, 1861. She was 
educated first at the Young Ladies Seminary, Richfield Springs, New York, 
finishing at Miss Hannah Newbold’s Select School for Young Ladies in Phila- 
delphia, Pa. She was married at the “Cottage”, residence of her brother-in- 
law, Major Thomas Meredith, near Carbondale, Pennsylvania, June 16, 
1840, to Col. Samuel Dickinson of Trenton, New Jersey, and in 1841 became 
a member of St. Michael’s Protestant Episcopal Church, Trenton, New 
Jersey, and for the next eighteen years was probably the most prominent 
woman in the parish: president of the Dorcas Society; matron of the Home 
for Aged and Infirm Women, and the Children’s Home. She was the teacher 
of the Young Ladies Bible Class, which was composed of the daughters of 
many of the oldest families of Trenton. She was always a social leader, al- 
though that was of secondary importance to her. She was looked upon by 
the rectors of her day, Revs. Starr, Clements and Duane, as their “right- 


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hand man.” Dr. Duane, in a letter of introduction given to the writer of this 
memoir to Rev. Samuel Kellogg, of Kansas City, Missouri, said “I want to 
introduce to you a dear young friend of mine, the son of one of the ablest 
women of her day, and one of my best loved friends, now a Saint in Paradise.” 
Mrs. Dickinson was an extremely handsome woman, of majestic appear- 
ance, and gracious manners, universally beloved by rich and poor. A son 1s 


Philip Wharton Dickinson, the genealogist. PW.D. 


THE DICKINSON HOMESTEAD—THE “‘HERMITAGE” 


The “Hermitage,” originally built and occupied by the Rutherford family 
previous to the War of the Revolution, was purchased by General Philemon 
Dickinson in 1776, shortly before the Battle of Trenton. It was occupied for 
many years by the Dickinson family, being the home of Samuel Dickinson, 
son of the General, who married Ann, a daughter of General Samuel Mere- 
dith. Subsequently it was the home of his son Philemon. Many famous people 
were entertained in this mansion during the Dickinson régime. John Adams, 
a personal friend of General Dickinson was a frequent guest. Later Madame 
Moreau “the beautiful Parisian,” and Louis Philippe, a future King of 
France, together with many other notables, enjoyed the hospitality of the 
“Hermitage.” A partial list of the celebrities entertained was compiled some 
years ago by Philip Wharton Dickinson. It includes the names of Washing- 
ton, Adams (John), Jefferson, Livingston, Franklin, Morris (Robert and Gou- 
veneur), Clymer, Witherspoon, Rutledge, Pinckney, Middleton, Carroll, 
Lafayette, Steuben, Rochambeau, Greene, Putnam, Stirling, Wayne, Knox, 
Lincoln and two kings, viz., Louis Philippe and Joseph Bonaparte. The man- 
sion subsequently came into the possession of the Atterbury family, and early 
in the present century was sold by them, and is now occupied as an apart- 
ment house. “Sic transit gloria mundi!” 

(See Mills: Historic Houses af New Fersey, “The Hermitage,” J. P. Lippin- 
cott Company, 1902.) 


Dit, Joun R.—Vestry 1837-1870. The son of George Dill, at one time 
president of the Mechanics National Bank in Trenton. He was born in 1803, 
and spent his whole life in Trenton, dying here October 17, 1880, in the 
seventy-seventh year of his age. He married May 30, 1850, Catharine, daugh- 
ter of Pearson Yard, and Ann Cook, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Dill was one of the 
founders of the Children’s Home and treasurer and manager of it for twenty 


years. She was also one of the founders of the Widow’s Home. PH.D. 


Fisu, JONATHAN SackeTT—Vestry 1850-1867. The eldest son of Ben- 
jamin Fish, was born May 19, 1815. He was treasurer of the City of Trenton, 
also a member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1858. In 1837 he married 
Emmeline Howell. His daughter, Emily, married Frederick Auten. They had 
three children, Elizabeth P., Harry Fish and Frederick P. Auten. Mr. Fish 
died April 29, 1872. 


GLENTWORTH, PLuNKET FLEESON, M.D.—Warden 1820-1824; Ves- 
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES B 


daughter of John Linton. Was secretary of the University of Pennsylvania 
1791; a fellow of the College of Physicians; a founder of the Academy of Fine 
Arts, and trustee of the Society of the Protestant-Episcopal Church for the 
Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania. During the residence of 
George Washington in Philadelphia, he was attended by Dr. Glentworth, 
who is thus mentioned by Washington, in a letter under date of April 20, 
1797: “Thanks to the kind attention of my esteemed friend Dr. Glentworth 

. than whom no nobler man or skillful physician ever lived I am now 
restored to my usual state of health.” Dr. Glentworth was buried in St. 


Paul’s Churchyard, Philadelphia, January 19, 1833. 


Gorpon, THomAsS—Warden 1822-1825; Vestry 1821-1825. Was born 
September 23, 1778. He seems to have come from Flemington where he was 
a prominent mason, being past master of Hiram Lodge No. 25. He was a 
surveyor by profession and the author of a map of New Jersey, being espe- 
cially distinguished as a conveyancer. He served for a time as a judge of the 
Court of Common Pleas. He died September 25, 1848. The graves of Thomas 
Gordon and his wife Rebecca Gordon are marked by a shaft on the south side 
of St. Michael’s graveyard. 


HaLstTep, WiL.iaM, Jr.—Warden 1837-1852; Vestry 1822-1524; 1828- 
1855. Belonged to the family of Halsteds in Essex County. He was a brother 
of Chancellor Oliver Spencer Halsted of Newark. He was graduated from the 
College of New Jersey in 1812, and was admitted to the bar in 1816. He was 
an industrious and indefatigable lawyer, had a large practice, and was usually 
retained by those who had suits against the Camden and Amboy Railroad 
Company. He was prosecutor of the Pleas in Hunterdon County from 1833 
to 1837. He was a member of Congress from 1837 to 1839, and from 1841 to 
1843, was appointed district attorney for the district of New Jersey, and 
held the office of Reporter of the Supreme Court. He published Halsted’s 
Reports in seven volumes. He raised the First New Jersey Cavalry in the 
Civil War, and went out as Colonel of the Regiment, but was not long in the 
service. He died in 1873, at the age of eighty-four. 


THE HIGBEE FAMILY 


HicBEE, CHARLES—Warden 1817-1818; 1821; 1825; Vestry 1810-1815; 
1819; 1821; 1825; Trustee 1807. HicBEeE, Josepu, 11 1—Warden 1807; 
1819-1820; 1825-1826; Vestry 1807-1826. Sons of Joseph Higbee, II, also a 
vestryman, were born in Trenton. Charles and his brother Joseph, removed 
to Philadelphia, and were merchants in the China trade. On returning to 
Trenton Joseph Higbee erected the mansion known as “Richmond Hill,”’ 
where Colonel Washington Roebling’s home now stands. Charles Higbee 
lived first in “The Cottage” on the banks of the Assanpink, next at “The 
Grange,” formerly the residence of Samuel Dickinson, and after 1815 on the 
place on West State Street afterwards occupied by Mr. Philemon Dickinson, 
which he purchased from the estate of Colonel Jonathan Rhea. He greatly 
beautified the town by the planting of fine trees upon all these properties. He 


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HISTORY OF ‘S2.' MICHAELS CHURCH, 


was a trustee of the Trenton Academy. Charles died February 14, 1841, at the 
age of seventy-two, and Joseph December 12, 1829, in his sixty-fifth year. 
Joseph Higbee was born in 1765. He married Elizabeth Lawrence Lewis of 
Philadelphia. 

Both Joseph and Charles had unusually large families; the names of their 
children are found 1n a list of parishioners of St. Michael’s Church, made in 


1825, by the Rev. William L. Johnson. 


NOTES ON JOSEPH HIGBEE’S DESCENDANTS 


Lewis Pemberton married, 1841, Mary Trent Rossell, daughter of General 
Zachariah Rossell by Lydia, daughter of Nathan Beakes, whose wife Mary 
was a daughter of Major William Trent and a granddaughter of Colonel 
William Trent. 

Virginia Elinor, married Samuel Lewis Southard, son of U.S. Senator 
Samuel L. Southard. Their daughter, Fannie Welford, married John Hoff 
Stewart. Mrs. Southard died in Trenton, January 24, 1904, Mrs. Stewart 
died in China 1912. The body was brought to Trenton and buried in River- 
view Cemetery. A daughter of Mrs. Stewart, is the wife of Bishop Gouverneur 
Mosher of the Philippine Islands. 

Virginia Eleanor, another daughter of Mrs. Southard, born July 13, 1845, 
died March 19, 1913, married Malcolm Hay. Their daughter Fanny South- 
ard, married Keppele Hall, son of John Hall late of this City, and a grandson 
of the Rev. Dr. John Hall, for many years pastor of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Trenton. 


Howe, RosweLti—Warden 1850-1856; 1859-1870; Vestry 1849-1870. 
Was born in Trenton, New Jersey, 1793, died there April 5, 1871, in the 
seventy-ninth year of his age. 


Daily State Gazette 


Thursday, April 6, 1871 

We have the sad duty to announce the death of Roswell Howe an old and 
highly esteemed citizen for more than fifty years at Lawrenceville, Penning- 
ton and Trenton. Mr. Howe has been eminent as a grammar school teacher. 
Many of our most useful and honored citizens have been his scholars, and they 
always speak of him as one of the thorough old school disciplinarians, who, 
devoted to his profession, spared no pains in grounding his students in the 
elements of knowledge. Always interested in his Church and in his country, 
and carefully studying their welfare, he was ever active in the cause of 
religion and freedom. None more sincerely pious or thoroughly patriotic. 


WD. 


THE HUNT FAMILY 


Hunt, ABraHAM—Born 1740, died October 27, 1821, was a wealthy mer- 
chant in Trenton and also postmaster for several terms. It was at his house 
that Colonel Rall, the Hessian commander, was entertained on the night pre- 
ceding the Battle of Trenton. He was a Presbyterian but married two 
Church women, (1) Theodosia Pearson, (2) Mary Dagworthy. 


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Hunt, Pearson—Vestry 1810-1820; 1822-1824. Was a son of Abraham 
Hunt, by his first wife, Theodosia Pearson, daughter of Robert Pearson, II. 
He married Rachael Higbee of the well-known family connected for many 
years with St. Michael’s Church. He was the first cashier of the Trenton 
Banking Company, organized in 1805. He was buried November 6, 1828. 


Hunt, WesLey P.—Warden 1827-1837; Vestry 1826-1837; 1852-1858. 
The son of Pearson Hunt, was born March 31, 1796. He was a clerk in the 
store of his grandfather, Abraham Hunt, and afterwards carried on business 
for himself. He became a clerk in the Trenton Banking Company in 1832, 
and afterwards Pension Agent. About 1860 he removed to Minnesota, and 
resided with his son, William Edgar Hunt, in Minneapolis. He was appointed 
clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington in 1864, and held the posi- 
tion a short time when he returned to St. Paul, and died there December 
20, 1866. 


Hunt, Witti1am Epcar—Was the son of Peter Hunt and Maria Fur- 
man. He was a grand-nephew of Abraham Hunt. He was born at Lamberton, 
N. J., July 18, 1806. He married in turn two sisters (1) Susan Elizabeth (2) 
Annie de Belleville daughters of James Clark and Mary de Belleville, 
daughter of Nicholas Jacques Emmanuel de Belleville. He was a United 
States naval officer. Entering the service as a midshipman in 1831, he rose to 
the rank of Commander in 1860, when he lost his life while in command of 
U.S. sloop of War, Levant, in a great typhoon which occurred in the Pacific 
Ocean in September of that year. Nothing was ever heard of the ship or the 
crew. He had two sons and four daughters. Several grandchildren of his are 
living in Trenton today, being the children of his daughters, Annie Belleville, 
by his first wife; Sue Elizabeth and Matilda Emily, by his second wife. 


NOTES ON THE TRENTON DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM EDGAR HUNT 


(1) Annie Belleville (died 1916) married Edward Shippen Macllvaine. 
Margaret Shippen married John A. Roebling. 
Anne. 
Maria, married Henry VanKleek Gillmore. 
Francis Shippen, married Irene Ingraham Jones. 


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Sue Elizabeth (died 1920) married Elmer Ewing Green. 
Elmer Ewing, Jr., died 1904. 

William Edgar, married Annie Fisk. 

Caleb Smith Green, married Eugenia MacCauley. 


Matilda Emily (died 1924) married Cleaveland Hilson. 
Cleaveland, married Hattie Elkins. 

Annie de Belleville, died 1882. 

Marie Louise Hunt, married Edward Lawrence Katzenbach. 
Hugh Hill, married Josephine MacLeod. 

Sue Elizabeth. 

Margaret Corwin. 

Matilda Renaudet de Belleville. 


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Kerwoop, WiLt1AaM—Warden 1819; 1826; 1836; Vestry 1815-1827; 
1836-1839. Was born in Monmouthshire, England, in 1779. He came to this 
country with his parents when six years of age and settled near Trenton. He 
was prominent in the Masonic order and was a Senior Grand Warden and a 
member of Trenton Lodge. He died January 22, 1867, and was buried in St. 
Michael’s graveyard. 


Mersuon, Joun—Warden 1837-1842; Vestry 1822-1842. Came to Tren- 
ton from Princeton about 1820 where he was engaged in the mercantile busi- 
ness. He was born on Christmas Day 1792 and died in Trenton December 15, 
1842. His body is buried in the ground over which the parish house was after- 
wards erected. The vestry “in grateful recognition of his unwearied devotion 
to the interests of St. Michael’s Church for more than twenty years’”’ erected 
a tombstone to his memory. His wife, Eliza D. Mershon, daughter of John 
and Ann Ryale died March 24, 1864, and was buried beside her husband. 


Paxson, Stacy A.—Vestry 1847. Fifth in descent from Mahlon Stacy, 
was born in Trenton, November 8, 1797. In early life he filled several clerical 
positions. He was married April 24, 1828, to Mary W. Van Cleve of Law- 
renceville. Mr. Paxson was a member of the Society of Friends and his wife 
was a Presbyterian. They composed their religious differences by joining the 
Episcopal Church and became, and were, devout members of St. Michael’s 
the rest of their lives. Upon the opening of the Mechanics National Bank, 
Trenton, in 1834 Mr. Paxson was its only clerk, so small was that institution 
at first. He afterwards became a general merchant in Princeton, and while 
living there was elected by the legislature in joint meeting in 1845 to be 
State treasurer, removing with his family to Trenton, and was successively 
re-elected in I 846 and 1847, dying on May 26, 1847, while holding that office. 
He was ill but a few days with pneumonia. He was for a brief period before 
his death a vestryman of St. Michael’s Church. 
A grandson is Edwin Robert Walker, chancellor of New Jersey. 


Pearson, Cuarctes L., M.D.—Vestry 1847-1848. Was a native of 
Philadelphia. His father was Isaac L. Pearson, who settled in Trenton 1850. 
Charles L. Pearson studied medicine under Dr. James B. Coleman of Trenton, 
and later at the Medical Department of Yale College. Having a competency 
he never actively engaged in practice, but lived a retired life. He was a direc- 
tor of the Trenton Banking Company, and a manager of the Trenton Savings 
Fund Society. He married in 1844, Mary, a daughter of George Woodruff, a 
native of Ewing Township, and brother of Aaron D. Woodruff, attorney- 
general of the State of New Jersey. 


Reap, Joun—Warden 1842-1845; 1849; Vestry 1842-1845; 1849. Was 
born in Newcastle, Delaware, in 1769, son of George Read, the Signer, died at 
85 Greene St., Trenton, New Jersey, July 5, 1854; was appointed Agent Gen- 
eral for British Debts in America by President Washington in 1796, and re- 
appointed by President Adams. Member of Pennsylvania Assembly several 
years, and also of the Senate. Senior warden Christ Church, Philadelphia, 


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES B 


1810-16; St. James, Philadelphia, 1816-1830. For many years president Old 
Philadelphia Bank. Married Martha, eldest daughter General Samuel 
Meredith. PHD, 


RuHEA, JONATHAN—Warden 1794-1795; Vestry 1794-1814: Trustee 1802- 
1506. Was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1754, son of Jonathan 
and Lydia (Forman) Rhea, married Maria, daughter of Colonel Anthony 
Rutger, by Gertrude, daughter of Nicholas Gouverneur of Mt. Pleasant, one 
mile north of Newark. Mr. Rhea served during the war of the Revolution in 
the New Jersey line of the Continental Army. He was appointed ensign, 
Second New Jersey, January 1, 1777; 2nd lieutenant, April 1, 1778; resigned 
November 3, 1783, and was commissioned captain by brevet. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1784 and was twice elected by the joint meeting clerk of 
the Monmouth Common Pleas and in June 1793 was elected clerk of the 
Supreme Court, which office he held until November 1807. In 1793 he was a 
presidential elector, casting his vote for John Adams. He was quartermaster 
general of the State from 1807 to 1813. He was grand treasurer of the grand 
Lodge F. and A.M. from 1805 to 1813. Mr. Rhea was the second president 
of the Trenton Banking Company, serving as such from 1807 to 1815. He 
built the old mansion opposite the State House which was afterward sold to 
Joseph Higbee, who in turn sold it to George Fox of Philadelphia, who settled 
it on Philemon Dickinson, nephew by marriage of his uncle George Fox of 
Clamport, near Philadelphia. Mr. Rhea’s daughter Mary was the wife of 
Garret D. Wall. Mr. Rhea died in Trenton Frebuary 3, 1815. A great- 
grandson was Garret D. W. Vroom. 


THE ROSSELL FAMILY 


Rosset, ZACHARIAH—Vestry 1817-1826. Third son of Hon. William 
Rossell, associate-justice of the New Jersey supreme court, and judge United 
States district court, by Anne Hatkinson; was born at Mount Holly, New Jer- 
sey, November 17, 1788. Commissioned captain in the United States Fifteenth 
Infantry, March 12, 1812, commanded by Colonel Zebulon Montgomery 
Pike; commissioned major December 31, 1813; served to end of War (1812); 
adjutant-general of the State of New Jersey from 1816 to 1842; clerk supreme 
court New Jersey 1817 until his death in Trenton, July 21, 1842. Married 
1814, Lydia, daughter of Nathan Beakes, who was a great-granddaughter of 
Colonel William Trent. 


CHILDREN OF ZACHARIAH AND LYDIA BEAKES ROSSELL 


1. Mary Trent, born December 3, 1815, died April 1, 1887. Married 1841 
Lewis Pemberton Higbee, who died in 1859, son of Joseph, III. 

2. Nathan Beakes, born December 30, 1817. Killed at Gaines Mills, Vir- 
ginia, June 27, 1862. Married 1841, Frances A. Mann. He was major Third 
Regiment, U.S. Infantry. 

3. William Henry, born September 25, 1819, died July 20, 1885. His son 
William Trent Rossell, Brigadier General U.S. Engineers. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


4. Anna, born September 25, 1828, died July 21, 1909. 

Miss Anna Rossell who lived for the most of her life in Trenton was the 
last representative of the Trent family in this city. She was the great-great 
granddaughter of Colonel William Trent and caused a bronze tablet to his 
memory to be set up in Trinity Church of which she was a member. 


Rosse ti, CiirrorD BEaKkes—Vertry 1875-1580. Son of Nathan 
Beakes Rael Born Detroit, Michigan, June 4, 1845, died in Philadelphia, 
March 19, 1888, a civil engineer, for many years superintendent Delaware & 
Raritan Canal. Later manager of the coal lands of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company at Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Married October 31, 1878, Lydia 
Simmons, daughter of Dr. Caspar Wister of Philadelphia, the noted chemist 
and surgeon. 


RUTHERFORD, J oHN—Warden 1800-1806; Trustee 1502-1506. A senator 
from New Jersey; born in New York City, September 20, 1760; was graduated 
from Princeton College in 1776; studied law, was admitted to the bar, and 
practised in New York City, 1779-1787, and later in Edgerston, New Jersey; 
subsequently he came to Trenton remaining until 1807. He was a prominent 
Churchman and served several times as delegate to the diocesan convention. 
Presidential elector in 1798, 1813 and 1821; elected to the United States Sen- 
ate and served from March 4, 1791 to December §, 1798, when he resigned; 
member of the New York and New Jersey boundary commission in 1826, and 
of the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania boundary commission, 
1829-1833; died in Rutherford, New Jersey, February 23, 1840. He married 
1782, Helena, daughter of Lewis Morris, III. 


STEVENS, Joun G.—Vestry 1860-1861; 1873. Son of James Alexander 
and Maria (Fowler) Stevens; educated as a civil engineer. Chief engineer 
Camden & Amboy Railroad, superintendent Delaware & Raritan Canal, and 
President United Railways of New Jersey until their merger with the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Co. Married 1844-1 84 5 Theodosia, daughter of ths and 
Theodosia (Woods) Higbee. She died in 1889. PWD. 


STRYKER, SAMUEL STANHOPE—Vestry 1825-1571. Was born Novem- 
ber 2, 1797, in Princeton. At an early age he went to Philadelphia to engage in 
mercantile business. In 1820 he removed to Trenton and continued in the 
same pursuit. He was one of the organizers of the Peoples Fire Insurance 
Company, and was president until his death. He died February g, 1875. He 
held a high position in the confidence and esteem of the community. He was 
for forty-three years a member of the vestry of St. Michael’s Church. He 
married Mary, a daughter of John Scudder. Samuel S. Stryker was a brother 
of Thomas J. Stryker and a nephew was William S. Stryker, the historian. 
His son Samuel S. Stryker, M.D., is a well-known physician of Philadelphia. 


TYRRELL, JosEpH—Warden 1847-1848; Vestry 1847-1848. Born in 
England; a director of the Mechanics National Bank in 1837; died at Tren- 
ton, December 4, 1864, aged eighty-nine years. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES B 


Wa ct, Garret Dorset—Vestry 2817-1824. Born in Middletown, Mon- 
mouth County, New Jersey, March 10, 1783, died in Burlington, New Jersey, 
November 22, 1850; son of James Wall and Ann Dorset, and grandson of 
Garret and Catherine (Carr) Wall; married October 24, 1740, Maria, daugh- 
ter of Colonel Jonathan Rhea, read law in Trenton with David Brearley, at 
one time chief justice Supreme Court of New Jersey. Admitted to Hunterdon 
County Bar 1804; and made counsellor 1807. At one time during War of 1812, 
he commanded a volunteer Company raised in Trenton, at Sandy Hook. 
Clerk of the State Supreme Court 1812-1817 (succeeded his father-in-law 
Colonel Rhea). Quartermaster general 1815-1837; member assembly 1827; 
governor 1827, but declined, preferring to accept the position of United States 
district attorney; United States senator 1835-1841. Judge Court of Errors 
and Appeals 1849-1850. 
A grandson was Garret D. W. Vroom. PHL; 


Westcott, James D.—Was born in Bridgton, Cumberland Co., New 
Jersey, January 25, 1775. He held many offices of public trust and for the 
last ten years of his life was secretary of state of New Jersey. He married Ann 
Hains of Cedarville Cumberland Co. He died March 2, 1841 and his wife 
October 19, 1849. Their graves are in St. Michael’s churchyard. 


Woop, JosepuH—Vestry 1537-154}. Was born at Woodstown, New Jersey 
whence he removed to Trenton. He was a director of the Mechanics National 
Bank, Recorder of Trenton 1853-1856, and Mayor of the City 1856-1859. 
His daughter, Permelia, married Edward Stokes, a well-known Trenton 
photographer. They lived in “Woodlawn” on South Warren Street in the 
historic mansion built by Colonel William Trent, originally known as 
Bloomsbury Court. This is the oldest house in Trenton, and has been occu- 
pied in turn by many distinguished persons. Lafayette was entertained there 
during his visit to Trenton. During the Revolutionary War, Doctor Bryant 
occupied it. Mr. Wood died in Trenton May 8, 1860, and was buried in St. 
Michael’s graveyard. 


WooprurFr, GeorceE—Warden_ 1827-1835; Vestry 1813-1815; 1520- 
1822; 1824-1825; 1827-1835. Was the son of Elias Woodruff, and Mary 
Joline, and a brother of Aaron Dickinson Woodruff, attorney-general of New 
Jersey, who held that position for a period of twenty-four years, until his 
death in 1817. George Woodruff was born at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 
March 16, 1765. After his graduation from Princeton College he was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1788. He then removed to the state of Georgia, and was 
subsequently appointed by President John Adams, United States District 
Attorney. He returned to New Jersey and took up his residence near Tren- 
ton, withdrawing from the active work of his profession. 

He married Jean Houston, daughter of Sir George and Lady Houston of 
the old Scotch nobility. He was the original owner of ““Woodlands,” now the 
property of the Trenton Country Club. A son, Patrick Houston Woodruff 
was a vestryman 1873-1886. 

When he died in 1846, at the age of eighty-two years, he was said to be the 
oldest member of the New Jersey Bar. 


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CHARTER XX 


THE RECTORATE OF THE REVEREND 
SAMUEL CLEMENTS 
1855-1858 


T the same meeting that the vestry accepted the resigna- 
tion of the Rev. Mr. Starr, March 23, 1855, they proceeded © 
to elect his successor: 
Whereupon the Rev. Samuel Clements was duly chosen Rector 
of St. Michaels. 


AN OLD SORE REOPENED 


The election of the Rev. Samuel Clements following imme- 
diately upon the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Starr, seems to 
have stirred up the old grievance connected with the contested 
election of 1852, and we find it cropping out again in the news- 
papers on what was probably regarded as a fresh provocation in 
the minds of certain dissentiants. 


State Gazette 
Thursday April 5, 1855 

It was mentioned in this paper a day or two since that the 

vestry of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church of this City, had ex- 

tended a call to the Rev. Mr. Clements of Washington, and 
that the call had been accepted. We understand that much dis- 
satisfaction exists among a portion of the Congregation of St. 

Michael’s, at this action of the vestry and that the manner in 

which the call was made has excited a good deal of unpleasant 

feeling on the subject. 

The above reads like the production of “an aggrieved parish- 
ioner,’ and not at all like the comment of a newspaper writer 
intent only on affording his readers unbiased information on a 
matter of public interest. 


BISHOP DOANE VISITS THE PARISH 


If, as has been surmised, opposition to Bishop Doane, was at 
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tain quarters, we have the knowledge that the bishop visited the 
parish about this time, possibly with a view to informing himself 
as to the situation. 
State Gazette 
Saturday, April 21, 1855 

Bishop Doane visited St. Michael’s Church in this City, yester- 

day morning. He preached a discourse from the text “Lord if 

thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.’’—The Holy Communion 

was also administered. In the afternoon he visited St. Paul’s 


Church and preached. 
A SHORT RECTORSHIP 


The Rev. Samuel Clements entered upon his duties as rector 
of St. Michael’s Church on May 165, 185 5. He remained only 
three years, and then resigned his office “‘by reason of impaired 
health.” Perhaps the internal condition of the parish, owing to 
disagreements among members of the congregation previously 
alluded to, had something to do with the rector’s “impaired 
health.” 


THE RESIGNATION OF THE REV. SAMUEL CLEMENTS 


His letter of resignation was read at a meeting of the vestry 
held Thursday, June 17, 1858. His resignation was accepted, and 
at the same meeting his successor was chosen. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. SAMUEL CLEMENTS 


Samuel Clements was born in Philadelphia, October 20, 1825. 
While quite young he entered a wholesale mercantile house in 
that city, but soon turned his attention to study. He was gradu- 
ated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1848, and later 
from the Virginia Theological Seminary. He was made deacon 
in 1851, and priest 1852. His first charge was in Washington, 
Pennsylvania. In 1855 he accepted the rectorship of St. 
Michael’s Church, Trenton, where he remained only three years. 
Subsequently he held rectorships at Passaic, New Jersey; Gam- 
bier, Ohio; and Clifton, near Cincinnati, Ohio. He removed to 
Philadelphia in 1870, and took charge of a missionary training 
school. He afterwards established The Cheltenham Academy, a 
military school for boys, which proved a great success. The 
degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Kenyon College in 
1878. He died December g, 1888. 


The Cheltenham Academy closed its doors in 1g1o. 


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CHAPTER XVI 


THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND RICHARD BACHE DUANE 


1858-1862 
TRINITY PARISH ORGANIZED 1858 


HE Rev. Richard B. Duane of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, 
was chosen rector at the same meeting that the resignation 
of the Rev. Samuel Clements was accepted. 


June 17, 1856. 


Rev. Mr. Duane was requested to accept the Rectorship and 
the wardens directed to communicate the same to him. 


This would seem to be rather sudden action, and as we shall 
see later had an unfortunate sequel. 

The new rector entered upon his duties in September of the 
same year. The following notice relative to the beginning of Mr. 
Duane’s rectorate appeared in the State Gazette of current issue. 


State Gazette 
Monday, September 13, 1858 


Rev. Mr. Duane commenced his rectorship of St. Michael’s 
yesterday. The services were largely attended, both morning 
and evening. . . . We are pleased to observe Rev. Mr. Clem- 
ents among the congregation last evening. 


RECTOR’S REPORT FOR 1859 


The Report of the rector for the following year, 1859, gives 
some interesting figures: 


Number of families 130 and 57 individuals; Total number of 
individuals 580, present number of communicants 152, Sunday 
School teachers 30, scholars 250. Parish and Sunday School 
library 500 volumes. 

The general state of the Parish is reported as “in most 
respects encouraging” with increased revenues and communi- 


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RECTORATE OF RICHARD DUANE 


cants and Sunday School scholars. The income of the Church 
has more than recovered from the diminution occasioned by 
the formation of Trinity Parish. 


THE WOUND STILL BLEEDING 


WITHDRAWAL OF PARISHIONERS—FORMATION OF TRINITY CHURCH 


Mr. Duane’s election and acceptance immediately precipi- 
tated a withdrawal of some score of the leading parishioners on 
the ostensible grounds that the vestry had elected Mr. Duane 
without consultation with the body of the parishioners, but the 
actual reasons for the withdrawal are probably to be found in 
the old disagreement, having its basis in the opposition to Bishop 
Doane on the part of some leading members of St. Michael’s 
Church. 

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the coming of the new 
rector, these pro-Doane parishioners proceeded to organize an- 
other parish to which the name “Trinity Church” was given. 

The following account of the rupture is taken from Schuyler, 


Historical Sketch of Trinity Church 1g10 (p. 5): 


The immediate occasion of the separation from St. Michael’s 
Church, and the founding of a new Parish, was a dissatisfaction 
with a certain action of the Vestry of that Church on the part 
of some of the parishioners, but doubtless there were other 
reasons behind the ostensible one, which seems in itself trivial. 
Without seeking to probe the matter too closely or attempting 
to enter into the ecclesiastical controversies of that distant time, 
it may be said that the current of feeling against the shabby 
treatment accorded to Bishop Doane by some of the low 
Churchmen of that period ran high, and probably led to a 
desire on the part of his sympathizers in the old Parish to dis- 
associate themselves from the actions of the party opposed to 
the Bishop. However that may have been (and such is the 
recollection of those who remember those days), a new Parish 
was formed out of the old and launched into existence, known 
as Trinity Church. The first entry in the Minute Book gives the 
ostensible occasion of the break, and says nothing of any other 
motive. 

The founding of Trinity Church had its initiative in a protest 
of certain parishioners of St. Michael’s Church against the 
action of the Vestry in accepting the resignation of the Rector, 


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the Rev. Samuel Clements, and the extension of a call imme- 
diately at the same meeting to the Rev. Richard B. Duane, of 
Honesdale, Pa., without consultation with the parishioners. 
The letter of protest to the Vestry bears the date June 23, 1859. 
and was signed by the following male members of the congre- 
gation: Philemon Dickinson, I. Wood, W. M. Babbitt, M. 
Beasley, A. S. Livingston, W. Pearson, Isaac L. Pearson, C. H. 
Higginson, James B. Coleman, W. A. Benjamin, Thomas 
Green, G. A. Perdicaris, John L. Taylor, Randall Rickey, 
Charles P. Smith, W. F. Pitcher, Willett Dunn, J. Rousseau, 
W. W. Norcross, Edward D. Weld, Thomas P. Johnson, T. 
Cadwalader, J. R. Freese, W. E. Hunt, Samuel Simons, Thomas 
Booth, Thomas I. Carson, John Rickey, J. M. Clark, Allison 
E. Perrine. The letter was sent to the Senior Warden, Dr. J. M. 
Davis, with the request “that it be laid before the Vestry at 
the earliest possible moment.” 

The remonstrants acknowledged “the legal right of the 
Vestry to extend the call,” but urged “that in so important a 
matter some general consultation with the Congregation should 
be had.” They disclaimed “any intention of disrespect to the 
clergyman who had been called,” but submitted “that the 
action of the Vestry was hasty and calculated to disturb the 
harmony of the Church, at variance with the usage in this 
Diocese, and lacking in the Christian courtesy which the parish- 
ioners had a right to expect at the hands of the Vestry.” 

The Vestry sent a reply disclaiming “‘any intention of show- 
ing discourtesy,” and justified their action in extending the call 
to Mr. Duane, having satisfied themselves of his fitness for the 
position. 

A copy of the protest, which had been forwarded by the re- 
monstrants to the Rev. Mr. Duane, drew a reply from him re- 
questing answers to a number of specific questions as to the 
official and ecclesiastical status of those who had signed the 
document. The committee replied through Mr. A. S. Living- 
ston, that “only four of those who signed the paper were com- 
municants, but that most represented communicants through 
their wives and daughters, that they attended regularly upon 
the services of the Church, contributed nearly one-half of the 
yearly income, and in a social point of view represented some 
of the best families in the congregation.” The further state- 
ment was made that “the Vestry of St. Michael’s consisted of 
seven gentlemen of whom only four were communicants, one 


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RECTORATE OF RICHARD DUANE 


of whom dissented from the action of the majority.” The belief 
was expressed that the majority of the 105 pew holders dis- 
approved of the action of the Vestry, but that the protest for 
lack of time had been presented only to 32, of whom 29 signed 
it. The statement was made that “the remonstrants had no 
objection to Mr. Duane, but that their action was simply a 
protest against the methods adopted by the Vestry.” 

Mr. Duane replied, thanking the writer for the information 
furnished and stating his intention, nevertheless, of accepting 
the call and taking charge of the Parish in the following 
September. 

Mr. Duane’s decision evidently brought matters to a climax, 
for on October 8, 1858, a meeting was held attended by a num- 
ber of the protestators. Mr. Philemon Dickinson was appointed 
chairman and Mr. Charles H. Higginson, clerk of the meeting. 
A letter signed by seventeen pewholders of St. Michael’s 
Church, signifying their withdrawal from that Parish and sent 
to the Wardens and Vestry on September 23, was read. The 
canonical consent of the Rector of St. Michael’s Church to the 
formation of a new Parish, and also that of the Bishop, the Rt. 
Rev. George W. Doane, having been received, it was resolved 
on motion “that this meeting do now proceed to organize (by 
the choice of two Wardens and ten Vestrymen) a Protestant 
Episcopal Church to be attached to the Diocese of New Jersey, 
and to be designated as Trinity Church, Trenton, New Jersey.” 
In accordance with this action the following were chosen: 
Wardens, Wesley P. Hunt and Alfred S. Livingston. Vestry- 
men, Thomas Cadwalader, Philemon Dickinson, Mercer Beas- 
ley, Charles H. Higginson, Edward D. Weld, William M. 
Babbitt, William W. Norcross, William E. Hunt, Samuel Sim- 
ons and William Howell. Charles H. Higginson was elected 
secretary. 


PARISH PROGRESS 


The minutes of the vestry during the four years of the Rev. 
Mr. Duane’s rectorship, disclose the general progress of the 
parish. 

THE RE-BUILDING OF THE PERRY STREET 
SCHOOL-HOUSE 


The sunday school building on Perry Street, which was much 
out of repair, called for something to be done, and it was deter- 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


mined to rebuild it. The following is a newspaper account of 
what was accomplished: 


State Gazette 
Saturday, October 8, 1859 


The Congregation of St. Michael’s P. E. Church are about to 
commence the erection of a Chapel for the use of the Sunday 
schools of the Parish and for other purposes. It will be erected 
on the lot now occupied by their Sunday school building in 
Perry Street near Green. The building will be of brick two 
stories high, the dimensions 31 by 60. The first floor will contain 
three rooms; for the infant school, the colored Sunday school, 
and a Bible class. The second floor will consist of one large room 
for the main Sunday school. The dilapidated condition of the 
present building and the increase of the Sunday schools 
demand the improvement. 


At a meeting of the vestry held on May 3, 1860, house of 
O. W. Blackfan, it was reported that: 


The property of the Church consists of one Church and one 
Chapel. The Building Committee of the Chapel report that 
$2302. has been received from all sources and the treasurer of 
the same has paid the same to David S. Anderson as per con- 
tract for building the same. 


A GIFT FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL PURPOSES 


Under date of May 17, 1860, the announcement was made of 


a gift to St. Michael’s Church for Sunday School purposes: 


Certification that Joseph Tyrrell gave a donation to St. 
Michael’s Church to invest in good security and the interest 
thereon to be applied in perpetuity to the purchase of Books 
and tracts for the use of the Sabbath Schools of said Church 


and for no other purpose whatsoever. 


THE RESIGNATION OF THE REV. RICHARD B. DUANE 


On August 4, 1862, the Rev. Mr. Duane resigned his rector- 


ship in a letter sent to the vestry: 
August 7, 1862. 


Letter from the Rector, Richard B. Duane, dated Trenton 
August 4, 1862, saying that he had accepted a Call to become 


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RECTORATE OF RICHARD DUANE 


Assistant minister & Associate Rector of St. John’s Church, 
Providence, R.I., and therefore tendered his resignation to be- 
come effective on Ist of October, certainly. 


November 29, 1862. 


Messrs Dill, McIlvaine & Howe appointed a committee to 
ascertain cost of printing the sermon closing the Rectorship of 
Rev. R. B. Duane, and which was adopted to publish. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. RICHARD BACHE DUANE 


Born in Philadelphia, October 12, 1823, died Bergen Point, 
New Jersey, December 12, 1875. Son of William John Duane, 
secretary of the United States treasury; married October 1, 
1850, Margaret Anne, daughter of Sampson Town of Philadel- 
phia; graduated University of Pennsylvania 1841; Theological 
Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, 1850; ordained deacon July 
21, 1850; priest, May 1851; rector Grace Church, Honesdale, 
1850; St. Michael’s, Trenton, 1858-1862; St. John’s, Provi- 
dence 1860-1870; Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, 1870- 
1873; Secretary of Board of Foreign and Domestic Missions 
1873-1875. Dr. Duane’s mother was a daughter of Richard 
Bache, by his wife, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Franklin. 


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COAT TE OX XI EE 
THE THIRD BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY 


THE RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM HENRY ODENHEIMER 


1859-1875 


ISHOP DOANB’S successor was chosen at the annual meet- 

ing of the convention, held in St. Mary’s Church, Burling- 
ton, on Wednesday, May 25, 1859. A memorial service for the 
late bishop was held on the evening of that day, and on the day 
following, balloting was begun for the election of a bishop. The 
names of nine clergymen were before the convention, and it was 
only on the thirteenth ballot that a decision was arrived at. This 
was on Friday noon. The Rev. William Henry Odenheimer, D.D., 
rector of St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia, was declared elected, 
having received the votes of thirty-six clerical, and fifty-six lay, 
members. The delegates from St. Michael’s Church who partici- 
pated in the election were William Halsted, John R. Dill and 
Samuel S. Stryker. The bishop-elect was consecrated during the 
sessions of the General Convention at Richmond, Virginia, 


October 13, 1859. 


SKETCH OF DR. ODENHEIMER 


William Henry Odenheimer, son of John W. Odenheimer, 
was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 17, 1817; 
graduated at the University of Pennsylvania (having the vale- 
dictory oration) July 30, 1835; also at the General Theological 
Seminary, New York, June 29, 1838; was ordained deacon in 
St. Paul’s Church, Philadelphia, September 2, 1838, by Bishop 
H. U. Onderdonk; became Assistant to the Rev. Dr. De Lancey 
of St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia, January 10, 1839, and suc- 
ceeded to the rectorate of the parish upon the consecration of 
Dr. DeLancey to the episcopate of Western New York; or- 
dained priest in St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia, October 3, 
1841, by Bishop H. U. Onderdonk; received the honorary de- 
gree of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, July 3, 1856. 
(Hills, Hist. Ch. in Burlington, p. 558.) 


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THIRD BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY 


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THE THIRD BISHOP 
Bishop Odenheimer remained bishop of New Jersey up to 


1875, when he chose, in the division of the diocese, for his See, 
the northern portion, which had been set apart as a second dio- 
cese under the name “Diocese of Newark,’’ the southern portion 
retaining the old title, “Diocese of New Jersey.” 

Bishop Odenheimer only survived his occupancy of the new 
See of Newark, for four years. He entered into rest at “River- 
side,” Burlington, N.J., August 14, 1879, and his remains lie in 
the historic churchyard of St. Mary’s in that town. 


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CHAPTER XXVIII 


THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND EDWARD WEBSTER APPLETON 


1862-1865 


THE CHURCH IMPROVED AND DECORATED 
September 22, 1862 
EV. E. W. APPLETON, on motion of Mr. Stryker elected 


Rector. 

November 13, 1862. 
The secretary, Mr. O. W. Blackfan read a letter received from 
Rev. E. W. Appleton, dated 26 Hereford Road, North West- 
borne Grove, London, England, October 10, 1862, announcing 
the receipt of his letter of September 22, 1862, tendering him 
the Rectorship of St. Michael’s which he accepts. Says that he 
had intended spending 8 or g months longer in Europe, and had 
arranged to go to Paris in a few days, but would now leave 
“tomorrow” for the United States with intentions of entering 
upon the Rectorship of St. Michael’s on 1st of November. 


State Gazette 
Tuesday, September 30, 1862 


St. Michael’s Church. The Congregation of St. Michael’s 
Church have called the Rev. Mr. Appleton of Lancaster, Pa., to 
the pulpit rendered vacant by the resignation of Rev. Mr. 
Duane. Mr. Appleton is at present in Europe, where he has 
been travelling for his health. His return is expected in the 
course of a few weeks. Mr. Duane will leave the congregation 
to take possession of his new charge at Providence, R.I., about 


the 8th of October. 


THE REV. MR. APPLETON INSTITUTED 


February 5, 1863. 


The Bishop Instituted Rev. Mr. Appleton to Rectorship on 
Monday morning, December 22, 1862. 


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REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS 


Extensive repairs and renovations to the church edifice were 
undertaken and completed during the year 1862. 


State Gazette 
Saturday, May Io, 1862 


St. Michael’s Church being temporarily closed for the purpose 
of making repairs the Congregation will meet for worship on 
Sunday at the usual hours of service at St. Michael’s Chapel in 
(No. 25) Perry Street. 


AN ACCOUNT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS 
State Gazette 
Friday, June 20, 1862 (3-1) 


St. Michael’s Church, in Warren Street, has been greatly 
improved in appearance recently. The old square pews have 
been widened, the backs lowered several inches, the doors re- 
moved, and a scroll placed on the sides, instead of the straight 
piece which formerly extended the whole length of the aisles. 
This will make the seats more comfortable, and improve their 
appearance, but the greatest change is made 1n the decorations. 
The walls and ceiling have been decorated in fresco by architec- 
tural designs, representing a groined ceiling. The work, which 
is by J. Stanley D’Orsay, of New York, is so admirably done, 
that a person who saw the interior of the church for the first 
time, could scarcely be made to believe that the columns, 
arches, ribs &c., were not in plaster in relief, or that they were 
really paintings on a flat surface. The painting differs from 
fresco, being done on a dry wall, but from the particular nature 
of the materials used it is indestructible by anything short of 
the destruction of the walls itself. 


THE HOPEWELL BURIAL GROUND 
Monday, April 6, 1863. 


The Rector & Mr McIlvaine a committee to inquire into the 
state of the “Country graveyard belonging to St. Michael’s 
Church” and ascertain what expense will be required to repair 
the walls of its inclosure. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED THE RECTOR 
July 1, 1863. 
Two months leave granted the Rector who is in bad health. 
The vestry concurred in the wish that C. N. Chevrier act as his 
assistant during his absence. 


TESTIMONIALS—-CHARLES N. CHEVRIER—WILLIAM B. BODINE 


Annual meeting—Easter Monday 1864. 


The Rector presented papers of Testimonials of Charles N. 
Chevrier for Priest’s Orders and Wm. B. Bodine for Deacon’s 
Orders, which were ordered to be signed by the vestry. 


The Rev. William B. Bodine above referred to, became one 
of the most distinguished clergymen of his day. He was a 
brother of Dr. Joseph L. Bodine, a vestryman of St. Michael’s 
Church. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. WILLIAM B. BODINE 


The Rev. Mr. Bodine was born in Trenton in 1840; and died 
at Mount Pocono, September 27, 1907. He was graduated from 
Princeton and from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; ordained 
deacon in 1864, and priested the following year. His first charge 
was an assistantship at Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, Mary- 
land. He was rector of Christ Church, Brooklyn, New York, 
from 1869 to 1871, when he went to Gambier as rector of the 
Church of the Holy Spirit. From 1876 to 1891, he was president 
of Kenyon College. Subsequently for a period he was a general 
missioner under the Board of Mission, and while engaged in this 
work was chosen rector of St. James’ Church, Elberon, New 
Jersey, where he continued to officiate during the summers up 
to the time of his death. In 1893 he became rector of the large 
and important Church of the Saviour, Philadelphia, holding the 
position until his death. The church building having been des- 
troyed by fire in 1902, under his efforts a new and more beautiful 
building was erected in 1906. He was a preacher of rare gifts and 
a writer of distinction. One of his best-known works was a vol- 
ume, Some Hymns and Hymn-Writers, the last proofs of which 
were sent to him the very day of his death. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. CHARLES N. CHEVRIER 


The Rev. Charles N. Chevrier served for a short period as an 
assistant in St. Michael’s Church. He was the son of Louis and 


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RECTORATE OF WEBSTER APPLETON 


Jane B. Chevrier, and was born in Trenton, June 22, 1840. He 
was for a time at Perkiomen, Pennsylvania, and was rector of 
Trinity Church, Swedesboro, New Jersey, from 1868 up to the 
time of his death, November 13, 1872. He married Anna Eliza- 
beth Scott, who died in 1921. Two of their sons, Charles Scott 
and Robert Scudder, are now living in Trenton, and both are 
connected with the United States District Court. 


THOMAS LOGAN MURPHY 
July 27, 1865, house of O. W. Blackfan, Sec. 


The Rector presented the papers recommending Thomas 
Logan Murphy for Deacon’s Orders signed by the vestry. 


MOURNING FOR THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN 
August 3, 1865. 
A bill of $25 was made for dressing the Church in mourning on 
the occasion of the assassination of President Lincoln. 


RESIGNATION OF THE REV. E. W. APPLETON 


The rector seems not to have recovered his health as the result 
of his leave of absence granted him, in 1863, and two years later 
presented his resignation. 

November 29, 1865. 

The Rector advised the vestry of the necessity of his abstaining 

from all labor for a time, by the advice of his physicians, and 

making a trip to Europe for the benefit of his health, and 
therefore proposed an absence from the Church for one year— 
he furnishing a suitable supply or tendering his resignation. 


THE RESIGNATION ACCEPTED 


The congregation evidently desired that the rector retain his 
office, and “petitioned the vestry to grant the rector leave of 
absence for the restoration of his health.” This did not meet with 
favor by the vestry, and after a conference with the rector his 
resignation was accepted, December 5, 1865, and his salary paid 
up to January 1, 1866. 

The following newspaper article gives some particulars of the 
matter: 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


State Gazette 
Saturday, December g, 1865 (3-4) 


After the sermon at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, in this 
city, on Thanksgiving day, the congregation presented their 
pastor, Rev. E. W. Appleton, with a purse containing one thou- 
sand dollars. His health has been poor for some time past, but 
no alarm had been felt therefrom until last week, when upon an 
examination of his lungs by an eminent physician of Philadel- 
phia, they were pronounced so diseased that nothing less than 
travel and change of climate could cure. He at once determined 
to resign his pastorate and go to Palestine, and although his 
congregation almost unanimously petitioned the vestry not to 
accept his resignation, but give him a leave of absence instead, 
they were finally induced to yield to what seemed a necessity, 
and accept his resignation. 

Some months ago it had been arranged to make up a purse as 
a Christmas present, to be presented on Christmas-eve, but 
when the congregation learned he was so soon to leave them, 
they changed the time to immediate action... . 

The presentation took place immediately after the services on 
Thursday morning. (Presentation made on behalf of the con- 
gregation by F. R. Wilkinson.) 

In the evening service, Bishop (Rt. Rev. Wm. H.) Odenheim- 
er was present to administer the rite of confirmation to some 
fifteen persons. ... Mr. Appleton leaves for Europe, and 
from thence to Palestine, on the 13th inst. 


State Gazette 
Wednesday, December 13, 1865 (3-2) 


Rev. E. W. Appleton, late Rector of St. Michael’s Church, 
will sail for Europe—on his way to Palestine—today. Several 
of his parishioners will visit New York to take leave of their 
pastor, and enjoy his society up to the moment of his departure 
from our shores. . . . 


SKETCH OF THE REV. EDWARD WEBSTER APPLETON 


Edward Webster Appleton was born in Bedford Springs, Pennsyl- 
vania, March 30, 1834. He attended the University of Pennsyl- 
vania and Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, from 
which he received his B.A. degree in 1852, and his M.A. in 1855. 
A degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him in 1873. 


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RECTORATE OF WEBSTER APPLETON 


He prepared for the ministry at the Virginia Theological Semi- 
nary. He received deacon’s orders from Bishop Alonzo Potter 
in 1857, and priest’s orders from Bishop Hopkins in 1858. He 
was assistant in St. James Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 
1869-1861, and rector of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, New 
Jersey, 1861-1865. Subsequently he became, in 1867, rector of 
St.Paul’s Church, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, now St. Paul’s, 
Elkins Park. He served this parish until October 1899 when he 
became rector-emeritus. He died April 15, 1901, and was buried 
in North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. 

Dr. Appleton’s standing in the Church in Pennsylvania is 
indicated by the many important official positions which he 
occupied. He was president of the Southeast Convocation, and 
in 1885 was chosen dean of the Norristown Convocation. He 
was a member of the Executive Committee of the trustees of 
the diocese, a member of the American Association for the Ad- 
vance of Science, of the Executive Committee of the American 
Church Mission, was the oldest vice president of the Pennsyl- 
vania Bible Society, and was also a chaplain of the Order of 
St. George. 


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CHAPTER XXIX 


THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND CHRISTOPHER WILKINSON KNAUFF 


1866-1873 


CHURCH REBUILT 
A FULL-GROWN CHURCH “ROW”’ 


HE Rev. Christopher W. Knauff was chosen rector, to 

succeed the Rev. Mr. Appleton, within one year following 
the latter’s resignation. In the meanwhile the services were con- 
ducted by temporary “supplies.” 


November 1, 1866, house of J. M. Davis. 


Letter from Rev. C. W. Knauff dated Lock Haven, Pa., Octo- 
ber 13, 1866, accepting the Rectorship to commence the 3d 
Sunday in November. 


November 29, 1866, house of J. M. Davis. 
The Bishop requested to Institute Rev. C. W. Knauff. 


A PERIOD OF EXTENSION 


St. Michael’s Church was now to enter upon a career of exten- 
sion, as is evidenced by the employment of a parish missionary, 
the purchase of a new organ, and the rebuilding of the church 
edifice. The parish was declared to be (1866) free of debt, and 
the way was therefore open for the enjoyment of these advan- 
tages. 

A NEW ORGAN 
April 20, 1866. 

Resolved that the choir committee be authorized to purchase 

a new organ not costing over $2,800. 

May 3, 1866. 


The choir committee had contracted to purchase a new organ 
from John Roberts of Frankford, Pa., for $2250. 


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THE REVEREND CHRISTOPHER WILKINSCN KNAUFF 


DIED IQII 
RECTOR 1866-1873 
COURTESY OF THE VENERABLE GRANT KNAUFF 


RECTORATE OF CHRISTOPHER KNAUFF 


THE APPOINTMENT OF A PARISH MISSIONARY 


February 6, 1868. 


A call was extended to the Rev. John C. Brown to become 
Parish missionary at a salary of $800. 


The call was declined, and the position remained unfilled for 
some time. 


PLANS FOR ENLARGEMENT OF THE CHURCH 


In 1870, the plans for the enlargement of the church, and 
other extensive improvements, were submitted and adopted. 


Meeting of vestry, June 3, 1870. 

The Committee on Church Repairs reported that the Church 
could be refitted in its present shape, without recess Chancel for 
$2500 and with recess Chancel for $3500. The Rector proposed 
a plan to enlarge Church building by adding a transept making 
it in shape of an L, which would cost about $12,000 for which 
improvement he had the promise of over $9,000. Messrs. 
Knauft, Wilkinson, Howe and DeCou appointed on above 
proposition to ascertain if objection will be made to covering 
graves by the addition. 


As the following minutes are exclusively concerned with the 
matter of the enlargement and renovation of the church, or mat- 
ters kindred thereto, they are herewith transcribed in chrono- 
logical order, without comment. 


THE REBUILDING OF THE CHURCH 


The Committee on the Rector’s proposition reported fewer 
graves in the way of the improvement than expected. 


Mr. Wilkinson offered the following: 


Whereas the Congregation have subscribed a considerable 
sum for repairing the Church and of altering by the addition of 
a Transept and Recess Chancel according to the plan sub- 
mitted by the Rector, Therefore— 

ReEso.vep, That the Vestry carry out the wishes of the Cong- 
regation as expressed, and appoint a Committee of three to 
employ an architect and obtain proposals for said alterations. 

The Rector, Wilkinson & Davis appointed the Committee. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Meeting of Vestry, June 27, 1870. 

Building Committee reported they had employed Mr. Pear- 
son as Architect at $250. 

Proposition from Green & Kafer to do the work $9300. 

“ See URTV TL OccS TCO ss yoo eee an 8769. 

That the extras would amount to $5000. 

The Rector, Wardens & Vestry of Trinity Church offered the 
congregation of St. Michael’s the use of their Church during the 
repairs. 


Meeting of Vestry, June 29, 1870, at Chapel. 

Messrs, J. M. Davis, F. R. Wilkinson, O. W. Blackfan & 
Wm. R. Mcllvaine appointed Building Committee to carry 
forward the enlargement of the Church. 

The Rector was directed to communicate with Trinity 
Church and inform them that we would use the Chapel during 
the alterations of the Church. 


Meeting of the Vestry, November 3, 1870, office Dr. Davis. 
RESOLVED, That in re-pewing the Church no square pews 


should be made. 


Meeting of Vestry, January 5, 1871, office Dr. J. M. Davis. 

The Secretary stated the meeting had been called by the 
Senior Warden, Dr. J. M. Davis, because of the dissatisfaction 
produced by the Resolution of the Vestry not to build square 
pews. On motion of Dr. Davis, the former resolution was 
rescinded. 


Meeting of Vestry, February 2, 1871, office Dr. J. M. Davis. 
The assessed Pew rates, in detail, the receipts of which 


totaling $4,747. 


Meeting of Vestry, April 8, 1871, house of Dr. Davis. 
Total receipts for year ending Easter Monday, April Io, 
1871, $3,338.14; Expenditures, $3,306.98. 


Meeting of Vestry, August 3, 1871, office Dr. J. M. Davis. 

The Building Committee, appointed June 29, 1870, on 
Church alterations reported: 

Church completed on plans submitted by Mr. G. T. Pearson 
and adopted by the Vestry. Furman & Kite the contractors, at 
$9,212.00. Much extra work in tearing out the old Church was 
experienced, which, with the improvements and renovation, 
cost $5,647.54; Amount of money collected & spent by the 
Rector that did not come into the hands of the Committee, was 


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RECTORATE OF CHRISTOPHER KNAUFF 


$2,875.35, making the total extras $8,522.89, and the total cost 
of the whole $17,734.89. Received from subscription, $10,185.99; 
from the Ladies Society, $2,000. 

Mrs. Mary Westcott Grant, sent a communication to the 
Rector, Wardens & Vestry of St. Michael’s Church, dated 
Trenton, July 25, 1871, expressing a desire of placing a Memo- 
rial Window in the present Church building, near her pew, upon 
the following conditions: 

ist. In the event of a new Church building to be erected on 
the present or other site, the memorial window to be replaced. 

ad. In event of a division in said Church in future, she or her 
heirs reserved the right to remove the memorial. 

3d. That this communication and the answer of the Vestry 
be entered upon the minutes. (This was accepted by the Vestry 
on November 2, 1871.) 

Meeting of Vestry, November 2, 1871, office Dr. Davis. 

The following resolution by Dr. Davis adopted: 

Whereas in enlarging and rebuilding the Church it became 
expedient to occupy grounds heretofore appropriated to mem- 
bers for burial purposes; 

Whereas, in carrying out this work it became necessary to 
take possession of the graves of Charles Higbee and Charlotte 
his wife; Therefore, 

REsoLvep, That the remains of the deceased were carefully 
taken up, and interred in a grave and covered with their 
tombstones under the Chancel of said Church, and that privi- 
lege was granted to their surviving daughters, Mrs. Theodosia 
Eberle, Mrs. Anne Goldsmith, Mrs. Charlotte Haines and Mrs. 
Caroline Coursen, to erect a tablet upon the Chancel wall as a 
memorial of their departed parents, 

ReEso.tvep, That this tablet shall not be removed from the 
wall of the Chancel without the consent of the Vestry and of 
the ladies who placed it there. 


The extensive improvements and renovations thus under- 
taken, aroused much general interest in the community, and 
found their reflection in the newspapers of the day. 


State Gazette 
Tuesday, July 19, 1870 (3-2) 


St. Michael's Church. The following description of the new 
building for St. Michael’s Church 1s handed us by the architect, 
Mr. George T. Pearson of Philadelphia. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


The present building will be extended twelve feet in length, 
and a transept will be added on the north side 25 by 32 feet, 
making about 160 additional sittings to the present capacity. 
An apsidal chancel of 11 by 22 feet will also be added to the 
length of the church. 

The general design of the building will be the decorated 
Gothic of the fourteenth century with enough admixture of 
early English to keep the expense within limits. The ceiling will 
be of wood 27 feet high, with ribs and cornice, and large stucco 
ribs between each window, with pendant corbels and orna- 
mentation. 

The chancel will have three finely stained windows, and all its 
furniture will be of walnut, and unlike anything in the city. It 
is intended eventually to have the walls of the chancel done in 
polychromatic decoration. The only galleries in the church will 
be an octagon one for the choir, on the Warren-street end, and 
one in the transept for the Sunday Schools. 

The front of the building will remain as at present, although 
a brown stone one will be put on at a future time. The exterior 
of the transept will be of Trenton brown stone, with a Gothic 
stone entrance porch. It is intended that the general character 
of the interior shall be equal to anything in the state for the 
amount of money expended, which will be about $13,000. The 
building will be ready for occupancy about Christmas this year. 


True American 
Wednesday, August Io, 1870 (3-1) 


The alteration and improvements of St. Michael’s Church 
are progressing slowly. It is a great job that has been under- 
taken, as much of the building is of an entirely new structure. 
The old grave yard is strewn with the debris from the portion 
of the building torn down, and has now rather a desolate ap- 
pearance. 


State Gazette 
Saturday, February 18, 1871 (3-2) 
St. Michael's Church. This church, which during the last 
eight months has been closed, will open for divine service to- 
morrow, Quinquagesima Sunday. 


The whole building, with the exception of the front on 
Warren-street, has been entirely rebuilt from designs by Mr. 


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RECTORATE OF CHRISTOPHER KNAUFF 
Geo. T. Pearson, Architect, of Philadelphia, under whose 


general supervision the work has been carried out. 

The length of nave is go feet by 38 feet in width. Transept, 
28 by 32 feet, and chancel, 14 by 20 feet, with robing room at- 
tached. The transept will enlarge the seating capacity which 
had become too limited for the wants of the congregation. The 
walls on exterior have been repaired and newly painted, the 
transept being brown stone, with stone entrance porch thereto. 

The interior is of the decorated style of English Gothic, the 
aim being to secure churchly effect, with a moderate expendi- 
ture of money. 

The ceiling is finished in narrow boarding in light and dark 
shades of chestnut and is polygonal in shape with lateral ribs 
and cornices, and traceried apex, and large transverse ribs 
spanning the ceiling with nail-head ornamentation, and vault- 
ing shafts between the windows. 

At the intersection of nave and transept the ceiling is groined 
with open tracery at junction of ribs, all these ribs being taste- 
fully decorated in polychrome. 

The choir and transept galleries have fronts of arched work, 
the background in blue and gold stencilling in panel, the stair- 
way to transept gallery, being open work and decorated the 
same. 

The chancel is apsidal in form and is separated from nave by 
pier and arch mouldings, enriched with ornament, and deco- 
rated in polychrome. 

It contains three finely stained windows, the centre one 
containing in head a “dove,” and in lower compartments a 
“chalice with grapes,” also an “Agnus Dei;” the side ones 
containing in head a “Trinity” emblem, and the “Alpha 
Omega.” 

The ceiling of chancel is divided into five compartments by 
spandrels of open tracery work resting on mask corbels at 
springing line of windows, and is colored a light-shade of blue 
with gold figuring and emblems. The walls of chancel are cov- 
ered with crimson and gold diaper work, with borders around 
the windows, corresponding in style. The wainscoting is walnut 
with blue panels and gold ornamentation. 

The pulpits, lectern and chairs, are of open tracery work, 
and are of walnut. The altar table is of rich design, and has the 
sentence “In Remembrance of Me,” engraved on front, and a 
plate with a memorial inscription on one end. 


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The kneeling cushion in front of the chancel rail is elaborate 
needle work on canvas, corresponding in style to the finish of 
the chancel. This and the pulpit frontal were made by ladies of 
the congregation. 

The choir gallery is on the opposite end of the nave and is fin- 
ished in the same style as the chancel. 

The organ has been thoroughly rebuilt, and a new front has 
been added, with decorated pipes. 

The whole wall surface of the Church is colored in freestone 
tint with window borderings; also borders above wainscoting, 
and at springing line of ceiling. 

The windows in nave and transept are mullioned and filled 
with quarry works of “fleur des lys,” glass, of alternate chides of 
color, with narrow stained border, and figured heads; the circu- 
lar window in groin of ceiling on south side richly stained with 
“anchor” in center. 

The gas fixtures are of the medieval style of iron work, and 
are colored blue and gold, a small corona supplying light for 
the pulpit. 

The seats are of walnut and chestnut oiled, and will accommo- 
date 760 persons. 

The general contractors for the building were Messrs. 
Furman & Kite. Stained glass, Messrs. Fredrick & Bro., Brook- 
lyn. Organ builders, Messrs. H. Knauff & Son, Philadelphia. 
Chancel furniture, Daniel Pabst, Philadelphia, and Frescoer, 


Benjamin Benas, New York. 


True American 
Monday, February 20, 1871 (3-3) 
OPENING OF ST. MICHAEL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 


This interesting event took place yesterday. There was a 
large and highly respectable congregation present in the morn- 
ing, the service to which we call attention. The church, as most 
of our readers are aware, has been enlarged, reseated, decorated 
and beautified, and presents a pleasing appearance. By some it 
is alleged that the decorations are too gaudy; but the appear- 
ance, after a few minutes looking, acquires harmony, and taste 
is felt to have planned the decorations. . . 
The father of the Rector, Mr. Knauff, presided at the organ. 
(Rev. Mr. Knauff, the Rector, preached). The text was 
from the 1st of Kings, chapter sth, verse 13—“I have surely 
built Thee an house to dwell in.” . . . He had intended that 


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RECTORATE OF CHRISTOPHER KNAUFF 


morning to present a history of the parish, but found that it 
was a work requiring more time than he had had to bestow, 
and must, therefore, defer it to some more leisure future. 


A FULL-GROWN CHURCH “‘ROW’”’ 


The whimsical genius which presides over the fortunes of con- 
gregations, having favored the parish in the prosperity of its 
external affairs, just at the time when these good things were 
accomplished, and everybody ought to have been happy and 
contented, suddenly became averse, and stirred up a spirit of 
dissension and bitterness, that developed into a full-grown 
church “row,” that terminated in the resignation of the rector, 
and the creation of differences between his supporters, and those 
opposed to him, which it required years to heal. 


OPPOSITION TO THE RECTOR 


The precise cause which led up to the antagonism between the 
rector and some of the more influential members of the congre- 
gation, is not revealed in the records. Certainly at the outset the 
rector appears to have been favorably regarded by all. In 1869, 
three years after the beginning of his ministry in St. Michael’s, 
the rector applied for, and was granted, a three months’ leave of 
absence, to make a visit to Europe, which fact would seem to 
imply that his services and personality at that time, were re- 
garded as entirely acceptable. Three years later the storm broke, 
being precipitated apparently by the application of the rector 
made to the bishop for a “Board of Reference,” in accordance 
with the provisions of the Canon relative to “Differences be- 
tween Ministers and their Congregations.” The story can best be 
told from the minutes of that period. 

Annual Meeting Easter Monday, April 1, 1872, held at 

8 p.m. at the residence of Mr. F. R. Wilkinson, to consider a 

communication with regard to an application by the Rector for 

a Board of Reference; the Rector presiding. The communica- 

tion read, 

Trenton, April 5, 1872. 

Mr. Jas. C. DECou, Secy of the Vestry, 

DEAR SIR: 

I hereby give notice to the members of the Vestry 
who are in opposition to the Rector, that I this day send my 


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application to the Bishop of this Diocese for the appointment 
of a Board of Reference, in accordance with the provisions of 
Canon 4, Title II of General Canons, 

Yours truly, C. W. Knaurr. 


LETTER OF WILLIAM R. MCILVAINE 


Meeting of Vestry, August 1, 1872, office E. Mercer Shreve, 
78 EK. State Street. 


The following communication was read: 
Trenton, Aug. I, 1872. 
To Rector, Warpens & Vestry oF St. MICHAEL’s CHURCH. 


When I consented to accept an appointment made by you 
last Fall, as one of a Committee to wait upon the Rector, and 
inform him that the members of the Vestry (believing that they 
represented a large portion of the people of the Parish) wished 
him to resign, I little thought what a difficult job we had 
undertaken. 

I was at that time a friend of the Rector, had stood by him in 
building the Church, and had heard most of the complaints 
made against him, some of which I thought groundless, others 
were of some account. I had made up my mind some time be- 
fore, that the feeling against him was so strong that he ought 
to leave the Parish, so that when I was told that I was ap- 
pointed to wait upon him, I did not hesitate to accept. If the 
Rector had been my brother or son, I should have told him 
(what the Committee did tell him) long before. 

What has taken place since we all know to our sorrow. My 
first impulse, upon the Rector’s refusal to resign, was to resign 
myself, but after considering the matter, and consulting the 
Bishop, I determined to wait until the Easter election which 
the Rector promised should determine the question of his re- 
maining in the Parish. The Easter election came, a majority of 
the old Vestrymen were elected, and yet no resignation. Three 
months have passed and yet no change for the better. If the 
Easter election had resulted in favor of the Rector, I should 
have submitted, and remained in the Church, as I fully believe 
in the majority rule, no matter what I might think of the 
Rector. In the present condition of things I do not feel as if 
I could worship God comfortably in St. Michael’s Church, and 
have therefore absented myself for the last three months, and 
propose to do so in the future until the Rector resigns or is 
removed. My great personal regard for the members of the 


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Vestry, and a hope of a speedy settlement of the trouble, has 
prevented me, heretofore, from resigning the honorable position 
I have been chosen to fill. We have spent nearly one year in this 
deplorable condition, with a prospect of another one of the same 
kind. | am not willing to bear the burden. I would therefore 
most respectfully resign my office of Warden and Vestryman 
of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton. 
Hoping you may soon be relieved from your troubles, [ remain, 
Affectionately your Christian Brother, 
(Signed) Wm. R. McItvaine. 


On motion of Mr. Vroom the resignation was accepted. 


A POINT OF ORDER MADE 


The following letter from the Rector was read: 
“Trenton, N.J., 18 April, 1872. 
Mr. James C. De’Cov, 
Secretary of Vestry of St. Michael's Ch. 


Dear Sir: 

I hereby give notice to the members of the Vestry who are in 
opposition to the Rector.” 

At this point Mr. Shreve objected to the further reading of the 
communication, stating that it is not addressed to the Vestry 
as a Vestry, but to certain individuals of the Vestry, and moved 
that it be laid on the table. Mr. Vroom objected to the motion, 
and raised a point of order, that the communication must first 
be read before it could be acted on, as it was not, until then, 
properly before the meeting. The Chair decided that Mr. 
Shreve’s motion was in order, and it was then passed, and the 
communication laid on the table. 


VESTRY REQUESTS RECTOR TO RESIGN 


Meeting of the Vestry, Thursday Evening, August 8, 1872, 
at the Office of G. D. W. Vroom. 

The following Preamble and Resolutions were adopted: 

Whereas, \t is painfully evident that an irreconcilable differ- 
ence exists between the Rev. C. W. Knauff and the congrega- 
tion of St. Michael’s Church, which has assumed such a grave 
and unchristian-like character as to entirely disturb the har- 
mony of the Church, effectually paralyzing its usefulness, and 
hindering the growth of Christian influence in this community. 

And Whereas, a majority of said congregation did at the last 


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Easter Election, by re-electing nine of the eleven old Vestrymen 
of St. Michael’s Church, signify a desire to have the said Rector 
resign the office of Pastor of said Church as he had promised to 
do if the old Vestry should be re-elected. 

And Whereas we believe the withdrawal of the Rev. C. W. 

Knauff from this Parish will directly tend towards reuniting 
our distracted Church, and by the calling of a Rector more in 
unison with the feelings of the majority who are interested in 
the matter, we may hope for God’s blessing on the work of the 
Church. 
THEREFORE ReEsotvep, That the Vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church do hereby, and for the reasons above stated, request 
the Rev. Christopher Wilkinson Knauff to resign the Rectorship 
of said Church. 

RESOLVED, That the Secretary of this Vestry be and he is 
hereby directed to forward to the Rev. C. W. Knauff a copy of 


the above Resolutions and Preamble. 


Meeting of Vestry, Thursday Eve., August 22, 1872 
Called to receive the Rector’s answer to the Resolutions 
passed at last meeting. No quorum. Adjourned. 


Meeting of Vestry, at Office of E. Mercer Shreve, 78 E. State 
Sti, September 123187298 pm. 

Present: Messrs. Blackfan, Wilson, Murphy, Moses, Scud- 
der, Johnson, Vroom, Wilkinson and Shreve. 

Upon the request of Messrs Vroom and Scudder their respec- 
tive votes were ordered to be recorded in the negative on the 
question of the passage, at the last Meeting of the Vestry, of 
the Resolution asking the Rector to resign. Upon request of Mr. 
Wilkinson his vote on the said Resolution was ordered to be 
recorded in the afhirmative. 

Mr. Vroom laid before the Vestry the following communica- 
tion: 


RECTOR DECLINES TO RESIGN 
Trenton, N.J., 13 August, 1872. 


To THE Vestry oF St. MicHakE.’s CHURCH. 

A paper containing preamble and resolution as passed by the 
Vestry 8 August, 1872, has been transmitted to me by the 
Secretary. In answer to the request conveyed in said resolution, 
I hereby send word that I emphatically decline to comply with 
the request that I will resign the Rectorship of St. Michael’s 
Parish. 


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I thus decline not only because I have been petitioned by a 
majority of pewholders and of communicants of St. Michael’s 
Church to remain as Rector of the parish,—not only because a 
Vestry transcends its province when it attempts to limit the 
period of a rectorship, but also because principles of justice 
come into the question. It is manifestly and grossly unjust that 
a few men in a parish, to gratify their own partizanship or per- 
sonal ill-will, having sown dissension 1n the congregation, having 
deliberately made trouble, shall then request the resignation of 
the Rector for the reason that discussion and trouble exist. 

I deny the statement of the preamble that a difference exists 
between the Rev. C. W. Knauff and the congregation of St. 
Michael’s Church. There is a difference with only a portion of 
the Church congregation. Such fact is recognized by the 3d 
section of the preamble, to which I would refer. 

I deny that the usefulness of the parish is “effectually para- 
lyzed.” There is no difficulty in the working of the parish, 
except with reference to the men who have commenced and 
carried on agitation, and with reference to a fraction of the 
people who follow their leading. 

I deny that a “majority of the congregation did at the last 
Faster election, by re-electing nine of the eleven old Vestrymen, 
signify a desire to have the said Rector resign.”’ Moreover, with 
reference to the election of the nine from the old Vestry, I admit 
that it was an election only de facto not de jure. It was an elec- 
tion procured by unfair means. 

Further-more, I claim that my withdrawal, in compliance 
with such request as that received, will not tend towards the re- 
uniting of the distracted parish. The congregation is divided; 
and for such condition, for all the attendant circumstances, 
these “‘hinderers of the word’’ who make the trouble, are re- 
sponsible. | 

Very respectfully 
Your Obedient Servant, 
(Signed) C. W. Knaurr. 


THE RECTOR RESIGNS 


Meeting of Vestry, Wednesday Eve, Mch. 26, 1873. 

The Secretary read the following communication: 

Resignation of Rev. C. W. Knauff, as Rector, to take effect 
on Monday, April 7, 1873, to labor in the Diocese of Albany, 
N.Y. ACCEPTED. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


SKETCH OF THE REV. CHRISTOPHER WILKINSON KNAUFF 


Christopher W. Knauff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
vania. He was graduated from Pennsylvania College in 1861, 
receiving his B.A. at that time, and his M.A. degree in 1870. 
He attended the Andover Theological Seminary graduating in 
1864. He was made deacon in the same year by Bishop Alonzo 
Potter and priest in 1865 by Bishop Stevens. In 1866 he became 
rector of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, New Jersey, remaining 
until 1873. Subsequently he served as canon and precentor in 
All Saint’s Cathedral, Albany, and as rector of Christ Church, 
Bordentown, New Jersey, also of St. Luke’s Church, Cleveland, 
Tennessee, and St. Paul’s Church, Federal Point, Florida. 

He was an accomplished musician, and a composer of church 
music. He was the musical editor for a period of The Church 
Standard. Healso wrote a life of Dr. Tucker, the eminent musical 
composer, and the editor of Tucker’s Church Hymnal. 

He married in 1873 Martha Ryland, the daughter of Dr. and 
Mrs. Edward I. Grant, parishioners of St. Michael’s Church, 
Trenton. He died in Jacksonville, Florida, June 25, 1911, and 
was buried in St. Margaret’s Churchyard, Hibernia, Florida. 
A son, the Venerable Grant Knauff, is archdeacon of West 
Florida, living at Pensacola, Florida. 


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THE FOURTH BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY 
THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN SCARBOROUGH 


1875-1914 
DIVISION OF THE DIOCESE AND ELECTION OF DR. SCARBOROUGH 


FOUR NEW TRENTON PARISHES ORGANIZED 


HE diocese of New Jersey having become too large to be 

administered adequately as a unit, it was determined to 
divide the same into two. The announcement that the General 
Convention of 1874 had agreed to such division, was made by 
Bishop Odenheimer, in the call issued October 10, 1874, for a 
special convention. 

By the action of the General Convention this day consumated, 

the formation of a new Diocese within the present limits of the 

State of New Jersey has been ratified; said new Diocese to be 

composed of the seven Northern Counties of the State, viz.: the 

Counties of Sussex, Warren, Passaic, Bergen, Hudson and Essex 

together with the township of Summit in Union County. 

Under the canon governing such cases, Bishop Odenheimer 
announced the choice for his jurisdiction of the territory set 
apart for the new diocese, and called a special convention of the 
Diocese of New Jersey to be held in St. Mary’s Church, Burling- 
ton, on Thursday, November 12, 1874. The delegates from St. 
Michael’s Church were William R. McIlvaine, Samuel K.Wilson 
and James C. DeCou. 


ELECTION OF DR. JOHN SCARBOROUGH 


At the special convention thus summoned the chief business 
was the election of a bishop to preside over the southern divi- 
sion, which was to retain the old name, “Diocese of New Jersey.” 

The names of thirty-six presbyters, and one missionary bishop, 
were presented to the convention for election to the office, in- 
cluding such well-known men as Eugene H. Hoffman, Bishop 
Tuttle, Henry C. Potter, Henry A. Coit, William R. Hunting- 


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ton, Thomas F. Davies, John Adams Paddock, William Stevens 
Perry, George F. Seymour, Morgan Dix, James De Koven, 
Phillips Brooks, J. S. B. Hodges and William Paret. Of these, 
seven were subsequently elevated to the episcopate elsewhere. 
Thirteen ballots were taken without securing a choice. On the 
fourteenth ballot the Rev. John Scarborough, D.D., rector of 
Trinity Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., having received a constitu- 
tional majority of thirty-one clerical and thirty-six lay votes, 
was declared elected. 


THE CONSECRATION OF DR. SCARBOROUGH 


Dr. Scarborough was consecrated as the fourth bishop of 
New Jersey, on Tuesday, the Feast of the Purification, February 
2, 1875, in St. Mary’s Church, Burlington. The bishop-elect was 
presented by the Bishops of Albany and Massachusetts. The 
sermon was preached by the Bishop of Albany, and the Bishop 
of Pennsylvania celebrated the Holy Communion. The Bishop of 
New York was the empowered consecrator for the occasion. 
Seven bishops were in attendance, viz.: Horatio Potter of Ne wv 
York, William Bacon Stevens of Pennsylvania, John B. Kerfoot 
of Pittsburgh, A. N. Littlejohn of Long Island, William Cros- 
well Doane of Albany, M. A. DeWolfe Howe of Central Pennsyl- 
vania and Benjamin H. Paddock of Massachusetts. Priests of 
the Diocese of New Jersey who were present on the occasion and 
are alive today (1925), were the Rev. Alfred B. Baker, secretary 
of the special convention, the Rev. Charles M. Perkins and the 
Rev. L. H. Lightipe. The Rev. William H. Neilson, Jr., then 
rector of St. Michael’s Church, was also in attendance, as was 
James C. DeCou, one of the lay delegates from that parish. 
Mr. DeCou also participated in the election of the fifth bishop 
of New Jersey, forty years later, being the only layman in the 
diocese who served as a delegate to both conventions. 


A FORTY-YEARS EPISCOPATE 


The fourth bishop of New Jersey was to exercise his episcopal 
office for nigh forty years, and to prove himself a wise master- 
builder and faithful chief shepherd of the flock, endearing him- 


self to all by his genial, warm-hearted manners, ‘and his gracious 


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THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN SCARBOROUGH, D.D. 
1831-1914 
FOURTH BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY 
1875-1914 


THE FOURTH BISHOP 


and sympathetic nature. Under his benign rule peace and har- 
mony ever prevailed in the diocese, as under his wise leadership 
the work grew and prospered in abounding measure. 


SKETCH OF BISHOP SCARBOROUGH 


The following sketch of Dr. Scarborough is taken from Perry, 
The Episcepate in America, p. 235. 


The branch of the family to which the fourth bishop of New 
Jersey belongs lived near the town of the same name on the 
Ouse River (Ireland) and close to the North Sea. The bishop’s 
father, however, held an appointment in the revenue service 
and made his home in the north of Ireland at Castlewellan, 
County Down, where the future bishop was born April 25, 1831. 

When yet a lad he crossed the ocean, with two elder brothers. 
He was graduated at Trinity, Hartford, 1854. Three years later 
he completed his course in the General Theological Seminary 
and was ordained to the diaconate in Trinity, New York, June 
28, 1857, and priestedin St. Paul’s, Troy, New York, August 
14, 1858, by Bishop H. Potter. His first charge was the curacy 
of St. Paul’s, Troy. In 1860 he became first rector of the Church 
of the Holy Communion, Poughkeepsie, New York. After seven 
years spent in this charge he became rector of Trinity, Pitts- 
burgh, where he remained until his elevation to the Episcopate. 
His alma mater conferred upon him the doctorate in divinity 
in 1872. He was a deputy to the General Convention in 1871 
and again in 1874. 

Untiring in his devotion to every detail of his work, judicious 
and impartial in his administration, conservative, scholarly, 
and wielding a powerful influence, the fourth bishop of New 
Jersey is beloved by all classes and conditions of men who 
recognize in him a man of God and a true-hearted bishop of 
Souls. 


DEATH OF BISHOP SCARBOROUGH 


On March 14, 1914, John Scarborough, the fourth bishop of 
New Jersey, passed away at his home in Trenton, after an epis- 
copate of nearly two-score years. His funeral was held in Christ 
Church, Trenton, the following Tuesday, and was an occasion 
of the assemblage of many clergy and laymen of the diocese, 
beside prominent citizens of Trenton and of the state. He was 
buried in Riverview Cemetery, Trenton. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


A TRIBUTE TO BISHOP SCARBOROUGH 


The following tribute to Bishop Scarborough was paid in a 
sermon preached by one of the rectors of Trenton, and is here 
inserted as showing the high regard and affection with which the 
bishop was regarded in his See city: 


The late lamented John Scarborough who as bishop of this di- 
ocese for two-score years was widely known and loved not only 
by the members of his immediate flock, but by the church at 
large, has passed away. To us who live in this See city, he was 
recognized not merely as our ecclesiastical head, but as a lead- 
ing citizen of the town and our friend and neighbour. As an 
ecclesiastic and as a man we loved and honored him. He went 
in and out among us with.good will and modesty. Always 
accessible, always gentle and sympathetic, he was a real father- 
in-God to clergy and laity alike,—uncompromising as to the 
essentials of the church’s faith and order, yet broad and toler- 
ant in his views, simple in his ways and in his manner of life, 
he yet well sustained the dignity of his office and under his 
beneficent and wise rule the diocese grew and prospered. .. . 

In his latter years, even after his unusual strength had abated, 
he yet continued to lead a busy life and to fulfill with satisfac- 
tion all the duties incumbent upon him. Despite his sorrows and 
losses his unvarying cheerfulness and keen sense of humor re- 
mained with him to the end... . 

John Scarborough has gone to his well-earned reward, but his 
memory will linger yet for many a year in the minds and affec- 
tions of those who knew him. The diocese owes him much for 
the example of his stainless life and lovable personality. The 
work he accomplished for Christ and the church is his best and 
highest memorial. Peace and harmony marked his long reign. 
The diocese today is at unity in itself... . 


GROWTH OF THE CHURCH IN TRENTON 


During Bishop Scarborough’s administration four new par- 
ishes were formed in Trenton; Christ Church, 1891, which be- 
came in 1916, the pro-cathedral of the diocese; Grace Church in 
1896, formerly a mission of St. Michael’s Church; All Saints 
Church, 1go1, in the Cadwalader district, and St. James, origt- 
nally a mission of Christ Church, organized as a parish in IgIo. 


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THE FOURTH BISHOP 


CHRIST CHURCH 


Christ Church had its beginnings in a sunday school which 
was started by Mrs. Scarborough, the wife of the bishop, 
in order to provide for the needs of families living in the Hamil- 
ton Avenue district. Sunday evening services were started in 
September 1885, by the Rev. Frederick Post, rector of St. Paul’s 
Church, Trenton, and subsequently continued for about a year 
by the Rev. Henry M. Barbour, rector of Trinity Church, and 
his assistant, the Rev. Elliot White. The first minister in charge 
was the Rev. William Hicks, who was followed by the Rey. 
Charles A. Tibbats, and as the first rector the Rev. Robert 
Mackellar. Then came the Rev. Edward Jennings Knight in 
1891, who remained until he was elected missionary bishop of 
Western Colorado. He was succeeded by the Rev. Robert W. 
Trenbath, 1g07—-1915. After Bishop Matthews was elected he 
himself became rector of the parish, and Christ Church was 
made the pro-cathedral. He appointed as his vicar and a canon, 
the Rev. William H. Moor the present incumbent. 

The cornerstone of Christ Church was laid in 1887. The mem- 
bers of the first vestry were John G. Bureglin, senior warden, 
Robert Surtees, junior warden; vestrymen were Eagleton Han- 
son, William E. Ireland, Isaac Yates, and Thomas Perry. 

After Mrs. Scarborough’s death, a window was placed in the 
church to her memory. The window bears the inscription 


Catherine Elizabeth Scarborough 


1847-1909 
Founder of this Church 


GRACE CHURCH 


Grace Church had been started as a mission of St. Michael’s 
Church in 1875. In 1896 it was organized as an independent 
parish under the Rev. Milton A. Craft who had been assistant 
minister in the charge of the chapel since 1893. Two flourishing 
missions have since in turn sprung out of Grace Church, St. 
Andrew’s in 1895 and St. Luke’s in 1913. In 1924 the Rev. 
Gordon L. Kidd became the assistant in Grace Church with 
special charge of St. Andrews’ mission. 


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HISTORY OF UST) MIGHAEL S CHURCH 


ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH 


All Saints’ Church grew out of a mission which was established 
in the rapidly growing Cadwalader section in 1894. This mission 
was first served by members of the Associate Mission of Tren- 
ton, the Rev. Thomas A. Conover being in charge for several 
years. Services were first held in the Cadwalader Mansion. Mr. 
Conover was succeeded in 1900 by the Rev. Ralph E. Urban, 
who became rector the following year when a parish organization 
was effected. The cornerstone of the present church was laid on 
All Saints’ Day, 1896, and the first service held on Easter Day, 
1897. The ground on which the church stands, was deeded by 
the Cadwalader estate. Members of the first vestry elected in 
1901 were Louis H. McKee and Dr. Joseph M. Wells, wardens; 
Josiah Hollies, Dr. William N. Mumper and James C. Tatter- 


sall, vestrymen. 


ST. JAMES CHURCH 


St. James Church was started as a mission in 1894, and placed 
in charge of the Rev. Thomas Conover, then the head of the 
Associate Mission. It was organized as a parish in 1910. The first 
rector was the Rev. William G. Wherry, and the following com- 
posed the first vestry: Mr. Joseph Everill, Rector’s Warden; Mr. 
John Wilcox, People’s Warden; Mr. T. Mallam, Mr. A. Rowley, 
Mr. J. K. Chambers, Mr. Wm. Layton, Mr. H. Robinson, Mr. 
R. Jackson, Mr. A. Wildblood, Mr. C. E. Wannop. 

The present rector (1925) is the Rev. William B. Rogers, who 
has held the position since 1912. 


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THE REVEREND WILLIAM HUDE NEILSON 


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1889 


RECTOR 1873 


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THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND WILLIAM HUDE NEILSON, JR. 


1873-1889 
A PEACEFUL PASTORATE 


“A ND the land had rest forty years” seems an appropriate 
quotation from the Scriptures, wherewith to designate the 
period of quiet work and conservative upbuilding, material and 
spiritual, which marked the rectorate of the Rev. William H. 
Neilson, Jr. This rectorate begun in 1873, was to continue until 
1889. | 
The new rector came to a parish which was sorely rent with 
dissension, and which needed the sympathetic guidance and 
gentle control of a consecrated spiritual leader. 
Referring to the conditions that prevailed when he began his 
ministry, Mr. Neilson said in an address summing up his sixteen 
years pastorate: 


He had come in 1873 to a parish where there was the bitterest 
possible strife. But he had the advantage of being unacquainted 
with the parish or former rector and he would not be a party 
to the quarrel. 


THE ELECTION OF THE REV. WILLIAM H. NEILSON, JR. 


Meeting of the vestry, July 9, 1873. 
Rev. William H. Neilson Jr was unanimously elected Rector at 
a salary of $2500. 
His letter of acceptance under date July 29, 1873, follows: 


Gentlemen, 

After mature and prayerful consideration I have decided to 
accept your invitation to the Rectorship of St. Michael’s 
Church and hope to begin my labors among you on the 2d 
Sunday in October next. 

(signed) Wriiiam H. NEILson, Jr. 


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HISTORY OF STI. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH BUYS A RECTORY 


Up to this period the parish had as yet never possessed a rec- 
tory, the rectors living in rented houses. Now it was felt the 
time had come to make provision for an official residence owned 
by the parish, wherein the rectors could be housed comfortably, 
and with dignity. 

November 5, 1874. 

On motion of Mr. Shreve, Messrs McIlvaine and (Samuel K.) 

Wilson were appointed a Committee upon the necessity of pro- 

curing the necessary funds for providing a Rectory for the 

Parish. 


At the vestry meeting held November 4, 1875, the committee 
brought in its report: 


The Committee on Rectory reported subscriptions to the 
amount of $3250.00 and mentioned several properties that had 
been examined. After discussion the following resolution was 
adopted: 

Resolved, That the Committee appointed in reference to the 
procuring of a Rectory for St. Michael’s Parish be and they are 
hereby authorized, if in their judgment it is deemed advisable, 
to purchase upon the most favorable terms of payment and in 
the corporate name of St. Michael’s Parish the house and lot 
known as the Prior house, and now in the occupancy of William 


S. Sharp. 


The Committee reported finally on Friday, February 11, 1876, 
that they had purchased the property as authorized. 


The Committee on Rectory reported That as authorized by 
vestry on November 4, 1875, they have purchased the “Prior 
House”’ and lot No. 48 W. State Street, for $10,000 subject toa 
mortgage of $5000, that is $5000 to be paid by the parish 
towards which about $3000 is now subscribed, Accepted. 


THE HOPEWELL GRAVEYARD 
March 30, 1875. 
It being stated that the graveyard in Ewing Township was in a 
neglected condition Mr. Moses moved that the wardens and 
Mr. Woodruff be appointed a Committee to look after the 
yard and report what ought to be done. 


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RECTORATE OF WILLIAM NEILSON 


Two years later the committee through Mr. Samuel K. Wil- 
son, who had been added to the number, made its report. 


March 22, 1877. 
Mr. Wilson from the Special Committee to look after the old 
Church-yard in Ewing Township reported: The Committee 
visited the ground and recommended that nothing be done. 


We hear nothing further concerning the Hopewell graveyard 
until September g, 1886: 

On motion of Mr. DeCou the Rector and Mr. Woodruff ap- 

pointed a committee to confer with Mr. Breese in reference toa 

burial lot belonging to St. Michael’s Church situated on his 

farm in Ewing Township. 


On November 4 of the same year the committee reported as 
follows: 
The Committee on Burial Lot in Ewing Township reported that 
Mr. Breese had enclosed the lot and put it in a condition satis- 
factory to the Committee. 


AN ASSISTANT MINISTER ELECTED 
April’ 12,1875. 
The Rev. M. H. Martin elected Assistant Minister of St. 
Michael’s Church. 
ADI o Loree 
The Rev. M. H. Martin accepts Asst. ministership by letter 
dated Trenton, April 13, 1875. 


THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING 


The Committee on Sunday school building reported that 
“they had rented the large room in the Chapel to a Literary 
Society, to be used on Monday evenings at $3.50 an evening.” 


OFFER OF PEW TO BISHOP SCARBOROUGH 
The bishop of this diocese having made Trenton his residence, 
on motion of Mr. Moses, Pew No. 105 was tendered for the use 
of the Bishop and his family. 
September 7, 1875. 
A letter from the bishop of the diocese was read thanking the 
vestry for its offer: 


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HISTORY OR} ST. MICHAEL SCH URGE. 


Trenton, N. J., May 7, 1875. 
My pear Mr. DE Cou, 

I thank you and through you the vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church for your thoughtful courtesy in offering us the use of a 
pew. I shall very rarely if ever have the pleasure of sitting in 
it, but for my family I accept it with thanks & remain ever 

Faithfully yours 
(signed) JoHN SCARBOROUGH. 


DEATH OF THE REV. RICHARD B. DUANE 


The announcement of the death of the Rev. Richard B. 
Duane, a former rector of the parish and still affectionately 
remembered, brought appropriate action on the part of the 
vestry: 

Meeting of vestry, Special, Tuesday Eve, December 14, 1875, 

at Rector’s residence to pass Resolutions on the death of the 

Rev. Dr. R. B. Duane, former Rector, To be published in the 

Episcopal Register and Church Fournal, as well in the Trenton 

Daily Papers, and a copy sent to the afflicted family. A delega- 

tion appointed to attend the funeral tomorrow. 


AN OLD PRAYER BOOK PRINTED IN 1742 
A copy of the Prayer Book was presented to the Parish by 
Philemon Dickinson, who had found it in his residence and de- 
sired the vestry of St. Michael’s Church to have it, supposing it 
to have formerly belonged to the Parish. Accepted with thanks. 


A NEW CHAPEL ON CLINTON AVENUE 

April 10, 1876. 
It was stated that a member of the Parish had offered to build 
a chapel on Clinton Avenue, provided the ground should be 
procured. 
Resolved that St. Michael’s Church purchase the two lots on 
the corner of Clinton and Sheridan Avenues, 50x 100 feet for the 
purpose of erecting a Chapel for the mission of the said Church. 
Resolved that the Rector execute a Bond & Mortgage for $800 
for said lots, about to be purchased from Christian F. Seez. 


CHAPEL THE GIFT OF SAMUEL K. WILSON 


This chapel was subsequently erected into a new parish, 
under the name Grace Church. The building was the gift of 
Samuel K. Wilson. 


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Meeting of the vestry Friday Eve, February g, 1877. 

On motion of Mr. Rossell the following Resolution was 
adopted. Resolved, That the thanks of the Vestry be tendered 
to Mr. Samuel K. Wilson for his generous act in building a 
Chapel for the mission of this Church at Clinton and Sheridan 
Avenues. Resolved The secretary be requested to forward a 
copy of the above resolution to Mr. Wilson. 


CORNERSTONE OF CHAPEL LAID 


The cornerstone of the new chapel was laid on Thursday 
afternoon, May 12, 1876, by Bishop Scarborough, in the pres- 


ence of a large congregation. 


State Gazette 
Friday, May 12, 1876 


LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF THE 
CHAPEL OF ST. MICHAEL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 


The ceremonies of the laying of the corner stone of the Chapel 
erected under the auspices of St. Michael’s Protestant Episco- 
pal Church of this City took place yesterday at the corner of 
Clinton and Sheridan Avenues. A large number of people were 
present. We first took a glance at the foundations of the pros- 
pective Church. The dimensions are 30 x 60. The side walls are 
to be run up about 14 feet. The building exclusive of the lot is 
to cost about $3500 and we understand is being put up by Mr. 
Samuel K. Wilson at his own expense. The work is being done 
by Prior & West. 

At about a quarter to five o’clock Bishop Scarborough, Rev. 
Mr. Neilson, Rev. Mr. Brown, Rev. Mr. Pettit and Rev. Mr. 
Love appeared in their canonicals. They were attended by the 
vestry and others of St. Michael’s Church. 

Rev. Mr. Neilson made an address in which he alluded tothe 
enterprize which had commenced some fifteen months ago with 
less than twenty-five scholars and that it now numbers one hun- 
dred and forty-five. . . . the Bishop made an address in which 
he spoke in high terms of the missionary labors of the friends of 
St. Michael’s Church, who had founded this Mission Chapel. 


State Gazette 


Saturday, September 16, 1876 


The new Episcopal Chapel. The opening services of St. 
Michael’s Chapel recently erected on Clinton Street will be 


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held tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 4 o’clock. Bishop Scar- 
borough will preach the sermon. This is a beautiful little edifice 
and the people of that locality are very proud of it. 


SOME ASSISTANT MINISTERS 


In connection with the work of the mission chapel, additional 
clerical assistance was required, and we therefore find during 
this period that several assistant ministers were elected. None 
remained except for a short period. They followed each other in 
rapid succession, viz: the Rev. R. H. G. Osborne, M.D., the 
Rey. P. P. Phillips, the Rev. John S. Gilson, the Rev. George H. 
Edwards, the Rev. Henry S. Williamson, the Rey. Wallace W. 
Lovejoy and the Rev. Parnell Le Bas Cross. 


PROPERTY ON CHESTNUT AVENUE 


The parish had acquired some property on Chestnut Avenue, 
conveyed to it by James M. Davis and wife in 1877. This prop- 
erty represented a subscription to the rectory fund and a further 
sum for the floating indebtedness. 

January 14, 1878. 

Resolved that the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael 

in the City of Trenton make a deed to Ottilia Roleder for the 

premises conveyed to said Church by James M. Davis and 

wife September 21, 1877. 


LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR THE RECTOR 


The rector was contemplating a visit to the Holy Land, and 
had applied in February 1879 for, and had been granted a leave 
of absence for four months. The visit was postponed on account 
of a quarantine against the plague. Subsequently the rector 
made a similar application: 

Meeting of vestry, January 8, 1880, 8 p.m. 
On application of the Rector, permission was granted him for 

6 months leave of absence to visit the Holy Land. 

(Letter of thanks received from the Rector dated January 16.) 


AN OLD SLAB 


Meeting of vestry, February 14, 1882, 4 p.m. 
The Rector suggested the propriety of having an old slab, 
bearing dates of the erection of some of the early church build- 


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ings of the parish, placed in the wall of the present edifice. On 
motion of Mr. Johnson the matter was referred to the warden 
for consideration. 


EXTENSIVE BUILDING OPERATIONS 


Extensive alterations and improvements to the church build- 
ing were in contemplation, as also the purchase of a new organ. 


SAMUEL K. WILSON DIVIDES THE EXPENSE 


A special meeting of the vestry July 22, 1886 on call of the 
Rector to “consider alteration & Improvements at the Church” 
was held this evening at 8 o'clock. The Rector stated that, in 
order to ascertain the feeling with regard to proposed altera- 
tions &c. he asked the Ladies to call upon the members of the 
Congregation for funds for the work. Subscriptions to the 
amount of about $1600 have been obtained. The Senior 
warden, Mr. Wilson, having offered to give an amount equal 
to that subscribed by the rest of the Congregation, the sum of 
about $3,200 being now available. 

Resolved that the money given be used for the purchase of a 
new organ and to make contemplated improvements. The 
following Committee appointed. The Rector, Messrs Wilson, 
Hilson, Hancock & Johnson. 


A NEW ORGAN ORDERED 


September g, 1886, 8 p.m. 
The Committee on Church improvements reported having 
ordered an organ of Johnson & Son, Westfield, Mass., to cost 
$1800 according to Contract. 
The Committee also exhibited the plan of proposed altera- 
tions. 


SERVICES HELD IN PERRY STREET CHAPEL 


November 4, 1886, 8 p.m. 
The Rector stated that the Ladies Aid Society of the Parish 
had thoroughly renovated the Perry Street Chapel for the pur- 
pose of holding service there while the Church building was 
being altered, and also put a new heater in the Rectory. 


Pana Gish 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON IMPROVEMENTS 


February 3, 1887. 
The Committee on Improvements reported: 
A new organ has been placed in the Church at a cost of $1800. 
The inside of the Church has been altered by making a broad 
centre aisle and two side aisles and also thoroughly repainted 
and upholstered, a new vestry-room and a choir-room built 
and the outside of the Church painted. 

The cost of the improvements, besides the organ, is about 
$2,500. making a total of about $4,300. There has been raised 
in the congregation $1,964. Mr. Samuel K. Wilson agrees to 
pay $2,000. which leaves a deficiency of a little over $300. 


OLD ORGAN SOLD TO GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH 
May 3, 1888, 8 p.m. 


The old organ was sold, paid for and removed to the German 
Lutheran Church of this City for $250. 


State Gazette 
Saturday, September 18, 1886 (3-1) 
CHURCH ALTERATIONS 


The alterations in St. Michael’s Church having commenced, 
the church will be closed for a few Sundays. During that time 
services will be held in the chapels belonging to the parish. As 
the improvements in the chapel on Perry Street will be more 
extensive than were at first contemplated, it will be impossible 
to have it in readiness next Sunday. The Sunday School, how- 
ever, will meet in the chapel, as usual. Both services next 
Sunday will be held in the chapel on Clinton avenue, corner of 
Sheridan, at 10:30 a.m., and 7:45 p.m. After next Sunday serv- 
ices will be held in Perry street chapel at 10:30 a.m., and in the 
chapel on Clinton avenue at 4:15 p.m. 


State Gazette 
Saturday, October 23, 1886 (3-1) 


RE-OPENING OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


The work on the interior of St. Michael’s Church, with the 
exception of the vestry and choir rooms, has been completed, 
and it will be opened for Divine service tomorrow. . . . The 
work on the exterior has been commenced, and will be finished 
before cold weather sets in. 


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RECTORATE OF WILLIAM NEILSON 


A LEGACY FOR ST. MICHAEL’S 
February 2, 1888, 8 p.m. 


Mrs. Charlotte N. McIntosh, dec’d., for many years a com- 
municant, by will devised to St. Michael’s Church the following 


$1000 to St. Michael’s Church 
$500 for benefit of Sunday School 
$300 for education of pious young men 
for the ministry of the P.E. Church of N.J. 
$300 for assisting feeble parishes in said state to 
erect Churches. 


She appointed Lawrence Lewis her Executor. 
The above accepted by the Rector on order of wardens & 
vestry. 


CLOSE OF THE RECTORATE OF THE REV. WILLIAM H. NEILSON, JR. 


The long and fruitful rectorship of the Rev. Mr. Neilson was 
now drawing to a close, being prompted by ill health. 
May 2, 1889. 
House of Thomas W. Johnson, 17 West State St. 
The resignation of Wm. H. Neilson, Rector, dated May 1, 
1889, effective June 1, 1889, was received—Accepted. 
Resolutions expressive of regret over the resignation of the 


Rev. William H. Neilson, D.D. on account of ill health. 


State Gazette 
Saturday, June 1, 1889 (5-1) 


Dr. Neilson, the retiring Rector of St. Michael’s Church 
has been presented with a silver shaving mug and brush by 
the members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew’s. 


State Gazette 
Monday, May 27, 1889 (5-2) 


Rev. Mr. Neilson yesterday preached his farewell sermon at 
St. Michael’s P.E. Church. He presented his resignation as 
rector of the church several weeks ago and it was accepted. 
His text was Hebrews XIII, verses 20 and 21... . 

He reviewed at some length the work he had accomplished 
from the time he had assumed the rectorship of the church in 
September 1873. At that time he said he was in grave doubt as 
to whether or not to accept the call. He asked and was granted 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


three weeks time to consider the matter, and he finally con- 
cluded that God had a work for him to do here. 

He said that he would never forget the feeling of trepidation 
that he experienced when he first came. He had come to a 
parish where there was the bitterest possible strife. But he had 
the advantage of being unacquainted with the parish or former 
rector and he would not be a party to the quarrel. . . . The 
church was then encumbered with a $3000 debt, contracted in 
rebuilding. There was then no rectory, and the number of 
communicants was about 240. 

Rey. Mr. Neilson then outlined the changes since then, say- 
ing that they were united in a peaceful parish, the $3000 debt 
had been paid, and the rectory and Clinton Avenue Chapel had 
been built, the parish thus gaining in real estate $15,000. In 
addition to this, $2,000 had been invested in property at the 
shore. 

The number of communicants had been increased to 390, of 
which 291 are registered in the church and gg in the chapel, 
and this notwithstanding the astounding and oppressive fact 
that the number of burials has been 364, more than 23 a year. 
A large portion of these were communicants of the parish. No 
less than 14 Vestrymen and ex-Vestrymen have been taken. 
These losses have seriously reduced the means of the parish, 
for those who have taken the place of the dead have not con- 
tributed in so large a degree. In consequence the burden of 
supporting the church has been greater. 

The reverend speaker called attention to the fact that his 
rectorship has been the longest with but one exception, that of 
the Rev. Samuel Starr, who was in charge from September 1836 
to March 1855. Dr. Waddell was in charge from 1798 to 1811. 
Outside of these none of his sixteen predecessors had half so 


long a rectorship as he had had. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. WILLIAM HUDE NEILSON, JR. 


He was graduated from the University of the City of New 
York 1860, received his M.A. degree in 1863, and a doctorate 
of divinity from Kenyon College in 1885; ordered deacon by 
Bishop Horatio Potter in 1863, and priested 1866 by Bishop 
Eastburn of Massachusetts. His first charge, 1863-1864, was as 
assistant at the Church of the Ascension, New York City. He 
then went to St. John’s Church, Framingham, Massachusetts, 
1864-1866. From 1866 to 1871 he was rector of St. John’s 


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Church, Long Island City, Long Island. He was at Holy Trin- 
ity Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1871-1873, when he 
was called as rector to St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, New Jer- 
sey. He held this office from 1873 to 1889, when he resigned his 
rectorship. 

For a year, 1890-1891, he held the post of Official Visitor, 
American Church Missionary Society to Cuba. He was rector 
of Trinity Church, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1891-1901 
and rector of Christ Church, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1904. 
At his retirement in 1914 he was made rector emeritus. He 
died December 8, 1922. 


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CHARAN ER: XN 


THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND OSCAR S. BUNTING 


1889-1896 
THE REVEREND MILTON A. CRAFT 


HE rectorship of St. Michael’s Church remained vacant 

only three months, and was filled on September 10, 1889, 
by the election of the Rev. Oscar S. Bunting. The rector-elect 
made his decision after a visit of inspection to the parish, and 
sent his letter of acceptance on September 28, stating that “he 
hopes to begin the 1st Sunday in November.” 


State Gazette 
Saturday, November 2, 1889 


RECTOR OF ST, MICHAEL’S 


The pulpit of St. Michael’s Church which has been vacant for 
the last five months will tomorrow be occupied by the Rev. 
Oscar S. Bunting, who has accepted the rectorship of St. 
Michael’s parish. 

Dr. Bunting is highly recommended and is said to be an en- 
thusiastic worker and an elegant speaker. He is about 34 years 
old, a graduate of Alexandria Theological Seminary of Virginia. 
He has been in the ministry some ten or more years. The first 
part of that time was spent at Danville, Va., but for the last 
eight years he has served at Harrisonburg, Va., from which 
place he comes to accept the present call. 


Mr. Bunting was to serve for seven years in the rectorship of 
St. Michael’s Church. 

As the post of assistant-minister was then vacant, the vestry 
proceeded to elect to that position, the Rev. Lewis H. Jackson. 


June 18, 18g0. 
Rev. Lewis H. Jackson elected Asst. Minister of St. Michael’s 
Parish for 1 year from June 15, 1890. Salary $700. 


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TH ESREV EREND OSCARS BUN TING, DD. 
DIED Ig0§ 


RECTOR 1889-186 





RECTORATE OF OSCAR BUNTING 


Mr. Jackson remained little more than a year, resigning 
December 15, 1892, “in order to accept the rectorship of St. 
Andrew’s Church, Yardley, Pa.” 


SOME LEGACIES AND GIFTS RECEIVED 
June 18, 1890, 
It was announced that $500 had been received from Mrs. Anna 
E. Foster, it being one-half of $1000, to be given to St. Michael’s 
Church in accordance with the expressed intention of her 
mother Mrs. Katurah T. Steward, a communicant of this 
parish, lately deceased. 
September 8, 1891. 
Acknowledgment of receipt of a legacy left to the Church by 
the late Sarah S. Wilkinson of $500. 


THE HESTER DRIVER SMITH MEMORIAL FUND 


The announcement was made at a meeting of the vestry, 
March 18, 1892, that Miss Elizabeth A. Smith, by a deed dated 
January 31, 1889, had conveyed a property on Spring Street to 
“The Saint Michael’s Home,” which property had been sold 
subsequently for $2200 and the proceeds paid over to the rector 
church wardens and vestrymen, by St. Michael’s Home, to- 
gether with $800 paid by Miss Smith out of money belonging to 
her, in all amounting to $3000—1n trust for a certain purpose. 

The following resolution was passed: 

Therefore be it Resolved that said sum of $3000 shall be called 

“The Hester Driver Smith Memorial Fund” and shall be forever 

held in trust and that the income thereof shall be applied for 

the benefit of the poor of this parish under the direction of the 

Rector for the time being of this Church and for no other pur- 

pose whatsoever. 

And be it Resolved that a proper declaration of trust to that 
effect be executed by the Rector of St. Michael’s Church, he 
being the President ex-officio of the vestry and be delivered to 
the said Elizabeth A. Smith, together with a copy of this 


resolution. 
CHURCH PROPERTY AND INVESTED FUNDS 


The following report as to the value of the church property 
and invested funds was presented at the Easter meeting April 
13, 1893: 

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Value of Property 
Church Building 
Parish House 40,000 
Grave yard 
Perry Street Chapel 7,000 
Rectory 10,000 
Church organ 1,500 
Church Furniture 2,500 
$61,000 
Investment Fund 
For the Sunday School $ 1,750 
For the Poor of the Parish 3,000 
For Rector’s Salary § 000 
For General Purposes 1,500 
$11,250 


THE PERRY STREET SUNDAY-SCHOOL BUILDING 
May 4, 1893. 


The Committee on new Parish House authorized to sell the 
Perry Street Parish House, provided they can secure $9,000. 
May 20, 1893. 

Mr. John Moses stated that the State Baptist Association 
through Mr. W. I. Vannest desired an option on the Perry 
Street Chapel, which was 

That said Association have until Jan. 1, 1896, the option of 
purchasing for $3500 in cash and a mortgage for $5000 at 5%, 
the rent to be paid regularly until that time, but not to apply 
on purchase price. Power given to the vestry to act as might be 
best. 


Under date July 9, 1896, we find something further as to the 
chapel: 

Whereas, when the Chapel on Perry Street was rented to the 
congregation of the Shiloh Baptist (colored) Church, it was with 
the understanding that the property should be bought within a 
reasonable time; and whereas, said congregation having occu- 
pied the building for two years without taking any steps 
towards securing the same; Therefore— 

Resolved that the Pastor, Board of managers of Shiloh Bap- 
tist Church, be and they are hereby notified that unless some 


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RECTORATE OF OSCAR BUNTING 


definite arrangements for the purchase of the property be made 
before October 1, 1896, said property will be placed in the mar- 
ket and advertised for sale. 

November 5, 1896. 
On request of Shiloh Baptist Church time for purchase of 
Chapel on Perry Street extended to December 1, 1896. 


NOTICE TO VACATE 
February 4, 1897. 
Resolved that the Shiloh Baptist Church be notified to vacate 
and deliver up said Chapel to the vestry of St. Michael’s on 
April 1, 1897, unless if on or before that date, payments are 
made according to the first proposition or the property 
transferred. 


A promise that “the rent for Perry Street Chapel up to June 1 
would be paid about that time’ having been made, the matter 
was allowed to rest for the time being. 


PERRY STREET CHAPEL OFFERED FOR SALE 
February 3, 1898. 


The special committee to dispose of the Perry Street Chapel are 
authorized to place the same in the hands of a real estate agent 
for sale or rent. 


PERRY STREET CHAPEL LEASED 
November g, 1898. 


The special committee on Perry Street Chapel announced the 
lease of the same to the Volunteers of America. 


PROPOSAL TO LEASE PERRY STREET CHAPEL TO THE CITY 
November 2, 1899. 
The Committee on Chapels reported having received a propo- 
sition to rent the Perry Street Chapel to the City of Trenton 
for school purposes: Ordered that the committee consider same 
on termination of present lease. 


Nothing seems to have come of this proposition, and in 1goo 
the vestry passed a resolution on motion of Mr. Vroom, whereby 
the “committee on chapels was authorized to file a bill in Chan- 
cery for the purpose of settling the title to the Perry Street 
Chapel and obtaining leave to sell the same.” 


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SOLD TO THE SALVATION ARMY 


Here the matter seems to have rested until 1903, when the 
property was sold to the Salvation Army. 

Under date June 2, 1903, is the following note in the minutes 
of the vestry: 


Mr. Vroom as chairman of the Committee on Chapels reported 
the sale of the Perry Street Chapel property to the Salvation 
Army for Five Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars $5,600: and 
on motion it was 

Resolved That the Rector as President of the vestry be auth- 
orized to execute the deed, from the Rector, Church wardens 
and vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. 
Michael in the City of Trenton, to the Salvation Army, for the 
Perry Street Chapel property and to affix the seal of the Cor- 
poration thereto. 


A FINANCIAL BURDEN SHIFTED 


The financial burden involved in paying the salary of an 
assistant minister in charge of the Clinton Avenue chapel, seems 
to have become too heavy for the resources of the parish at this 
time, and we find the following proposal advanced: 


May 4, 1893. 
Whereas it seems impossible under existing circumstances to 
raise from the congregation the amount necessary for the salary 
of an Assistant to the Rector and 
Whereas, Mr. S. K. Wilson has always shown a deep interest in 
the work of the Chapel; therefore 
Resolved that the vestry respectfully propose to Mr. Wilson 
that he assume the payment of the salary of an Assistant, with 
the understanding that he be not called on for any further con- 
tribution towards the expenses of Church other than the rental, 
at the usual rate, of his pew. 


MR. WILSON CONSENTS TO PAY SALARY 


To this proposal Mr. Wilson gave his assent, and he continued 
to pay such salary until the chapel became an independent 
parish in 1896. 


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THE REV. MILTON A. CRAFT 


The Rev. Milton A. Craft was called as assistant minister in 
charge of the chapel in 1893, and subsequently became the rector 
of Grace Church, after its formation as a parish in 1896, and has 
continued as such up to the present time (1925), serving in all a 
term of thirty-two years. 

The celebration of his twenty-fifth anniversary, September 24, 
1918, was a notable event in the city, and brought together in 
the Crescent Temple a large assemblage of his parishioners and 
friends. The bishop and clergy of the Episcopal Church and min- 
isters representing many denominations and citizens of Trenton 
united to honor Mr. Craft for his long and faithful service. 

The Rev. Mr. Craft is a graduate of the Virginia Theological 
Seminary in the Class of 1892. He received the diaconate in the 
same year, and was priested in 1893 by Bishop Randolph of 


Virginia. Thus he has spent his entire ministry in Trenton. 
THE REV. 0. S. BUNTING RESIGNS 


The resignation of Mr. Bunting was offered at a meeting of the 
vestry held January 11, 1896. 


Resignation of Rev. O. S. Bunting Rector dated January 11, 
1896, and effective March 1 was read and accepted with regrets. 
The Rector to accept a call to St. Paul’s Church, Petersburg, 
Va. 


State Gazette 
Monday, February 24, 1896 


Rev. Oscar S. Bunting who for over six years has acceptably 
filled the position of rector of St. Michael’s P.E. Church 
preached his last sermon to his present congregation yesterday 
morning, before leaving for his new charge at Petersburg, Va. 


RESOLUTION OF THE VESTRY ON THE DEATH OF 
MR. BUNTING 

February 25, 1905. 
A special meeting of the vestry of St. Michael’s Church called 
for the purpose of taking action on the death of our late be- 
loved Rector, the Rev. Oscar S. Bunting, D.D. (which occurred 
at Petersburg, Virginia, on Friday, February 24,1905) was held 
this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Parish House. 


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On motion of Mr. Vroom it was Resolved that a Committee 
of three be appointed by the President to frame a minute ex- 
pressive of the feelings of the Vestry and Parish. 

“The vestry of St. Michael’s Protestant Episcopal Church at 
Trenton, New Jersey, in expressing their sorrow at the death 
of the Rev. Oscar S. Bunting, D.D., formerly Rector of this 
Parish desire to bear witness to his virtues, learning and 
Christian Character. 

“Mr. Bunting came to this parish in the year 1889, a 
stranger to almost every member thereof, but by his upright 
bearing, unobtrusive piety, and never ceasing work for the in- 
terests of the Church, soon endeared himself to everyone, and 
his influence for good was felt, not only in the parish, but 
throughout the community. 

“It was with deep regret that we parted with him when he 
felt that his duty called him to another field of Christian work. 

“In recognition of his faithful service as our rector and of his 
lovable character, and pure and holy life, we desire to have this 
expression of our feelings entered upon the minutes of the vestry 
of this Parish. 

“Resolved that a copy of this minute be sent to the family of 
our late rector, published in the papers of this City and in the 
Southern Churchman. 

(signed) Garretr D. W. Vroom 
James C. DE Cou 
CHaRLES H. BAKER 

Committee” 


ST. MICHAEL’S CHAPEL BECOMES INDEPENDENT 


Meeting of vestry, Thursday Eve, February 20, 1896, 7:45 
p.m., at residence of John Moses, 137 Greenwood Avenue. 

At a duly convened meeting of the congregation of St. 
Michael’s Chapel held on Ash Wednesday evening, February 
19, 1896, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted. 

Whereas the Mission Church of St. Michael’s Parish, known 
as St. Michael’s Chapel, has now for some 20 years been under 
the care of the Mother Church; and whereas it was the intention 
in the establishment of this Chapel, that as soon as it became 
able, it should assume its own responsibilities and become inde- 
pendent; and whereas, the time seems now to have come ar- 
rived, when with the continuance of the generous assistance 


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which has been rendered us in the past by Mr. Samuel K. 
Wilson, we may venture to seek such independence; be it 
therefore 
Resolved, we do hereby request the vestry and wardens of 
St. Michael’s Church, if it seems wise to them, to take such 
steps as will enable us to make application to the Bishop and 
Standing Committee of the Diocese, for the establishment of a 
new parish in this City: and be it further 
Resolved, in making this request, we express our appreciation 
of the great debt and obligation which we owe to St. Michael’s 
Church and our gratitude for the same, also our filial affection 
towards her, which we trust will be strengthened, rather than 
weakened by the larger life and responsibilities towards which 
we look forward. 
Mitton A. Crarr Henry Rosinson 
James WaLKLETT Harry Ktaag, Jr. 
GEo. CocHRAN Cuas. BRADBURY 
For the congregation. 


On motion of Mr. Moses, resolutions were adopted, consenting 
and approving such action and agreeing to transfer the chapel 
property to the new parish as soon as it shall be regularly or- 
ganized and incorporated; and that a copy of the resolutions 
be forwarded by the Rector and Secretary of the vestry to the 
Chapel Congregation. 


CANONICAL CONSENT GIVEN TO FORMATION OF GRACE CHURCH 


Meeting of the vestry, Thursday Afternoon, August 6, 1896, 
2:30 p.m. 

Aletter was read from Rev. Milton A. Craft, assistant minister 
dated August 3, 1896, in which he says, that the Bishop and 
Standing Committee of the Diocese having given their consent, 
the ecclesiastical organization of the parish of Grace Church 
was completed, and wardens and vestrymen elected, on May 
27, 1896; upon which he tendered his resignation as Assistant 
Minister, upon which the vestry directed a letter to be for- 
warded to the Rev. Milton A. Craft (done under date of 
August 6) accepting his resignation and congratulating him on 
his faithful services, and as Rector of Grace Church, which now 
enters the Diocesan family, through a manifestation of his 
energy and ability. 


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HISTORY OF SI. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


ANOTHER LEGACY 


Meeting of vestry, May 7, 1896. 
The Junior Warden reported that the wardens executed a re- 
lease for Legacy of $1,000 from the Estate of Mrs. Catherine 


M. Brearley, and received the money. (The money was left for 
the Sunday School.) 


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CHAPTER XXXIII 


THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND W. STROTHER JONES 


1896-1908 
COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE CHURCH BUILDING 


NDER date July 31, 1896, “the Rev. W. Strother Jones, 
D.D., of Fairfield, Conn., unanimously elected Rector.” 
The election was accepted by Dr. Jones, and he began his min- 
istry on Sunday, October 4, 1896, at which time he was installed 
in his office by Bishop Scarborough. 


State Gazette 
Monday, October 5, 1896 


Rev. Dr. Strother Jones, the new Rector of St. Michael’s 
Church on North Warren Street, was installed in his office yes- 
terday morning and preached his first sermon. The congrega- 
tion was small owing to the rain and snow that fell in showers 
all the morning, but those who attended saw the “Office of 
Institution” performed, a ceremony that Dr. Jones told a re- 
porter was rarely witnessed these days except in New Jersey. 

The ceremony requires the participation of the Bishop, the 
rector and two vestrymen. Bishop Scarborough was therefore 
assisted by Samuel K. Wilson and James C. DeCou. The 
feature of the ceremony is the passing to rector the keys of the 
Church as a symbol of his authority and the pledging of the 
support and assistance of the vestry. For the rest it consists of 
prayers and responsive readings. 

After the sermon Bishop Scarborough stepped forward and 
congratulated the congregation upon the acquisition of such a 
minister. 

Dr. Jones and Mrs. Jones are both natives of Virginia. Dr. 
Jones comes to Trenton from Fairfield, Conn. His great-great- 
grandfather was Chief Justice Marshall of the U. S. Supreme 
Court. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University in 
1872. He was graduated from the Alexandria, Virginia, Theo- 


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logical Seminary in 1876. He received the degree of Doctor of 
Divinity in 1893. 

After being ordained he served two years in Fauquier Coun- 
ty. Then he was called to the handsome Church of St. Thomas’s 
parish, Baltimore County, Md. On Mr. Lockwood’s death after 
four years he became rector and served as such for six years. In 
October 1888 he accepted a unanimous call to St. Paul’s, 


Fairfield. 


DR. JONES SERVES FOR TWELVE YEARS 


The new rector was to exercise a ministry of twelve years in 
St. Michael’s, and to win the esteem and goodwill of all classes 
by his genial, warm-hearted manner, and sincere devotion to his 
work. A southern man of a distinguished ancestry, a courtly 
gentleman of the old school, simple and unostentatious, he 
united qualities of heart and brain in such a measure as to 
attach to himself many strong friends both within and without 
the parish. Forcible as a preacher, and sympathetic in the dis- 
charge of his pastoral duties, his career in Trenton was marked 
by a successful, if unobtrusive Christian leadership. 

During his rectorate, extensive renovations of the church were 
undertaken, costing some $8000, and by the growth of the parish 
in strength and membership. 


GRAVES OF NOTABLE PEOPLE IN CHURCH-YARD 


St. Michael’s Church graveyard contains the graves of many 
persons formerly distinguished in the city, and in the state, and 
has always been regarded as one of the objects of patriotic inter- 
est by those visiting Trenton. 

A request for permission to decorate the graves of noted per- 
sons was made on behalf of the “Daughters of the Revolution,” 
and acceded to by the vestry. 


Meeting of Vestry (special), Sunday morning after service, 
November 21, 1897. 

The Daughters of the Revolution through Mrs. Oliphant 
wish to designate the graves of any noted persons in St. 
Michael’s Church-yard and decorate them with flowers or 
other appropriate emblems. Approved. 


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ST. MICHAEL’S GIVES AWAY A BELL 


February 6, 1898, 8 p.m. 
The Rector announced the receipt of (a letter from) a friend 
of the Theological Seminary of Virginia stating that institution 
was in great need of a bell; and he would suggest the wisdom of 
presenting to that school the bell formerly used by our congre- 
gation but for several years laid aside. 
Therefore on motion of Mr. Scudder the bell was so pre- 
sented. 


MEMORIAL GIFTS FOR THE CHURCH 


Under date November g, 1898, Mrs. Robert F. Stockton, one 
of the parishioners of St. Michael’s, made an offer through the 
rector of certain memorial articles, consisting of brass cross for 
the altar, and two brass vases for flowers. The rector in making 
the proposed gift known to the vestry, stated that personally he 
had no objection to the use of such memorials, but “wished the 
judgment of the vestry, as stated on their reception or rejec- 
tion.” The vestry voted unanimously to accept Mrs. Stockton’s 


gift. 
ECHO OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF I801 


October 12, 1899. 
The rector reported that Miss Rachel Hooper had presented a 
framed portrait of the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Moore, D.D., who 
was the first and only Bishop ever consecrated in St. Michael’s 
Church, a.p. 1801. Accepted with resolution of thanks and ap- 
preciation. 


A LEGACY FROM MISS EMMA M. TITUS 


November 2, 1899. 


The Rector announced the receipt of the $5000 legacy left by 
the will of Miss Emma M. Titus. 


A CABINET ORGAN PRESENTED 


April 8, 1901 (Easter Monday). 
Mrs. M. A. Whitaker presented the parish with a handsome 
cabinet organ, to be used in the Chapel of the Parish House. 
Resolutions of an expression of high appreciation were passed 


to Mrs. Whitaker. 
Fees B EN 


HISTORY (OF SU MICHAELS GH Gee 


STILL ANOTHER LEGACY 
June 2, 1903. 
The senior warden reported that a Legacy of one Thousand 
Dollars left to the Church by Mrs. Elizabeth L. Walburg had 


been received. 
PLANS FOR EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS 


For some time plans looking to improvements and renova- 
tions of the church building had been maturing in the mind of 
the vestry, and in 1905 they came to a head by the appointment 
of a committee to take the matter in charge. The work which 
was much more extensive and costly than had originally been 
contemplated, was begun in January 1906, and completed in the 
late Spring of the same year. The cost was $8,119.25. 

The following account of the changes and improvements 1s 
from the Sunday Advertiser printed when the work was practi- 
cally finished: 

Trenton Sunday Advertiser 
May 13, 1906. 


ST. MICHAEL'S IS NEARLY COMPLETED 


The work of improvement at St. Michael’s Protestant Episco- 
pal Church is nearing completion and the edifice will be ready 
for occupancy within a few weeks. .. . 

The organ-loft in the front of the Church has been torn out 
and new heavy oaken doors will replace the old doors at the 
entrance. ... 

The side walls are being decorated in handsome Gothic de- 
signs. The ceiling is stained in a combination of light and dark 
oak. The aisles, vestibule, and the space in front of the Chancel 
rail are being tiled in mosaic, the design being similar to the 
costly Italian tiling. . . . The ceiling and side walls are studded 
with electric bulbs. . . . 

The old windows of the Church have been removed and re- 
placed by handsome new windows of gothic design. Judge 
G. D. W. Vroom is having a memorial window putin... . 


AN OLD SLAB PLACED ON THE OUTSIDE WALL 
February 7, 1907. 
The Rector stated that the slab, bearing the names of the Coxe 
family, who gave the property on which now stands (the 


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and that it had recently been suggested it should be placed in 
the wall on the outside of the Church. 

On motion it was ordered that a Committee of three be ap- 
pointed to act in conjunction with the Rector, to place the slab 
on the south side of the tower. The Rector appointed Messrs. 
De Cou, Vroom and Bugbee as said Committee. 

The Committee was also authorized to have the General 
Pike tablet renovated. 


THE REV. DR. STROTHER JONES RESIGNS 
June 17, 1908. 
The resignation of the rector, W. Strother Jones, was received 
and accepted, effective September 1, 1908. The senior and 
junior wardens were authorized to notify the rector of the 
acceptance of his resignation, in a suitable and proper manner, 
etc. 


LETTER OF THE COMMITTEE TO DR. JONES 


Trenton, N. J., June 19, 1908. 
Rev. W. StrotTHER JONES 
Rector of St. Michael’s Church 


REVEREND AND DEar SIR: 


The undersigned have been instructed to state to you that 
your resignation as Rector of St. Michael’s Church which you 
placed in the hands of the Secretary of the vestry was read at a 
meeting of the vestry held on the seventeenth instant and ac- 
cepted to take effect in accordance with your expressed wish at 
the first day of September next ensuing. 

After nearly twelve years of earnest labor on your part in the 
parish, during which time the most friendly personal relations 
between yourself, and, as we believe, every member of this ves- 
try, and of the congregation of St. Michael’s Church, have been 
sustained; we have come to the point in time when our paths 
diverge. 

We express to you our deep regret at this separation, and we 
entertain the hope that your efforts in the more extended field 
to which you go, may be rewarded with such ample results, 
under the Divine blessing, as belongs to earnest, zealous and 
faithful Christian endeavour. 

The vestry for themselves and the people whom you have so 
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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


you and yours; and they pray that under God’s good provi- 
dence, both you and your family may be the recipients of long 
life, prosperity and happiness. 


Sincerely yours, 


James C. DE Cou 
E. F. Carr 
Wardens 


FUTURE CAREER AND DEATH OF DR. JONES 


The Rev. Dr. Jones went to Erie, Pa., where he had accepted 
a call to become rector of St. Paul’s Church, one of the most 
important parishes in what afterwards became the Diocese of 
Erie. He remained there until 1914, when he went to St. Thomas’ 
Church, New York, to become assistant minister under the 
rector, the Rev. Ernest M. Stires, D.D. 

Dr. Jones was a deputy to the General Convention of 1904 
and 1907 from New Jersey and in 1913 from the Diocese of Erie. 
He also served for a period as president of the standing com- 
mittee in that diocese. 


He died in Alexandria, Va., August Ig, 1918. 


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THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND T. BOND HOLLAND 


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MMEDIATELY following the resignation of the Rev. W. 


Strother Jones, D.D., and previous to the calling of his suc- 
cessor, a proposal was made to sell the rectory. 


June 17, 1908. 
On motion of Mr. Vroom it was 


Resolved to proceed at once with reference to offering the Rec- 
tory for sale. 
July 1, 1908. 

Mr. Charles L. Patterson, on Committee of Rectory, stated 
that he had received an offer from Dr. M. W. Reddan of $12,000 
for the Rectory No. 114 West State Street, also a cash deposit 
of $100 subject to the approval of the vestry. 

The offer was accepted and the proper Church authorities 
were authorized to execute a deed for the property. 


November 5, 1908. 
The senior warden reported that in compliance with the resolu- 
tion of the vestry adopted July 1908, the Rectory No. 114 West 
State Street was sold to Dr. M. W. Reddan for $12,000 and 
possession given September 1, 1908. 


RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF BISHOP 
EDWARD JENNINGS KNIGHT 

November 1g, 1908. 
Mr. Vroom moved that a committee of three be appointed to 
prepare a suitable resolution in relation to the death of the late 
Rt. Rev. Edward Jennings Knight, Bishop of Western Colorado, 
expressive of the feelings of the members of St. Michael’s 
Church. Carried. Mr. Vroom and the wardens were appointed 
such Committee. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


December 2, 1908. 
Mr. Vroom (for the Committee) presented the following minute 
in relation to the death of Bishop Knight, which was approved 
by the vestry: 


The vestry of St. Michael’s Church of Trenton feel that it is 
a duty full of personal sorrow to record their high estimate of 
the virtues and worth of the late Rt. Reverend Edward J. 
Knight, Bishop of Western Colorado. 

Almost the entire clerical life of Bishop Knight was passed in 
the City of Trenton, and none appreciated and knew better 
than those associated with him here, his earnest careful and con- 
scientious work, the great success which attended it and which 
commanded the love, admiration and respect, not only of his 
Church but of all Christian people. 

His elevation to the Bishopric, while gratifying his friends, 
by reason of the great honor conferred upon him, still as it 
caused his removal from Trenton, was felt to be a still greater 
loss to the community; and his sudden decease at the very 
threshold of what promised a glorious career in the Church, has 
created a loss that cannot be estimated. 

Resolved, That this vestry tender their sincere sympathy to 
the family and relatives of the deceased and a copy of this 
minute be transmitted to them. 


Bishop Knight was a son-in-law of Bishop Scarborough, hav- 
ing married his daughter, Katherine, January 3, 1897. He was 
rector of Christ Church, Trenton, from 1891 until 1907, when he 
was chosen bishop of the Missionary Jurisdiction of Western 
Colorado. He was consecrated to his office in Christ Church, 
Trenton, December 19, 1907. He died suddenly in Colorado 
November 15, 1908. 


THE REV. T. BOND HOLLAND, M.D., CHOSEN RECTOR 


On the report of a committee, consisting of Messrs. Carr, 
Baker and Bugbee, appointed for the purpose of finding a suit- 
able rector for the parish, the vestry, January 26, 1909, unani- 
mously elected the Rev. T. Bond Holland, M.D., then a curate 
in St. George’s Church, New York City. The Rev. Dr. Holland 
accepted the call, and so notified the vestry January 29, 1909, 
stating that he would assume his duties the following Ash Wed- 
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RECTORATE OF T. BOND HOLLAND 
State Gazette 
Monday, February 1, 1909 


He (Dr. Holland) was born about 35 years ago in St. Louis, 
where his father, Rev. Samuel T. Holland, D.D., distinguished 
as a clergyman and as a writer is Rector of St. George’s Church. 

Dr. Thomas B. Holland is a graduate of the University of 
Michigan, which conferred upon him the degree of bachelor of 
arts, and that of doctor of medicine. He was graduated from 
the General Theological Seminary in New York on May 30, 
1906. 


State Gazette 
Wednesday, February 24, 1909 


HEARTY WELCOME EXTENDED TO REV. DR. T. BOND HOLLAND 


Members of the congregation of St. Michael’s P.E. Church last 
evening tendered a reception to the new rector, Rev. T. Bond 
Holland, D.D., who will conduct his first service at 11 o'clock 
this morning. Notwithstanding the heavy downpour of rain, 
there was a large number in attendance at the reception, in- 
cluding the clergy of the Episcopal diocese of this City. Bishop 
Scarborough owing to the inclement weather was unable to 
attend ithe reception: ».. %,.. 


A NEW RECTORY PURCHASED 


The old rectory having been sold, it was important to provide 


another, and consequently on the recommendation of the com- 


mittee having that matter in charge, the property belonging to 
John Garwood, 320 West State Street, was bought, the price 
paid being $7,500. The new rector proceeded to occupy the house 


as his home. 


ST. MICHAEL'S A FAVORITE PLACE OF MEETING OF 
PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES 


St. Michael’s, as an old colonial church, is a favored place 
selected for holding the religious services of patriotic societies. 
The following is a letter of thanks for the use of the same. 


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NEW JERSEY SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
WILLIAM LIBBEY 


Princeton, New Jersey 
March 18th, tgto. 
My pDEAR Dr. HoLianp: 


A most cordial vote of thanks was passed at their meeting 
yesterday to you for your kindness in taking charge of the Re- 
ligious Services on February 22nd. We appreciate your courtesy 
and enjoyed the occasion very fully. 

The board also requested that you transmit to the vestry the 
thanks of the Society for the use of the Church. 

With kind regards, [ am 


Yours very truly 


(signed) Witiiam LisBey, Secretary. 


RESIGNATION OF DR. HOLLAND 


The stay of Dr. Holland in Trenton was a short one, lasting 
only a little more than two years. His relations with the vestry 
and the congregation were always cordial and when he an- 
nounced his departure, great regret was expressed in all quar- 
ters. Dr. Holland was a ready and interesting preacher, a good 
administrator, and much in demand as a speaker by various 
societies and organizations. 

October 3, IgII. 

The Rector announced that he had accepted a call to the Rec- 

torship of St. John’s Church, Brooklyn, New York, and ten- 

dered his resignation. The resignation was accepted to take 
effect as desired by the Rector, October 16, 1911. The letter of 
resignation was dated September 27, I1g11. 


State Gazette 
Monday, October 4, 1911 


Rev. T. Bond Holland tendered his resignation as Rector of 
St. Michael’s Church at a special meeting of the vestry held at 
noon yesterday in the parish house, to accept the rectorship of 
St. John’s Episcopal Church of Brooklyn. He will present his 


farewell sermon on Sunday October 15, 1g1t. 


Dr. Holland 1s still (1925) serving as rector at St. John’s 
Church, Brooklyn, New York. 


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CHAPTER XX XV 


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, SERIES C 
1860-1925 


HE authorities depended upon for these sketches are sub- 

stantially the same as those given for “Series B,” except 
that in very many instances the material has been furnished by 
relatives or, where the parties are living, directly by themselves 
in letters or ;ersonal interviews. 


Assott, Time truy—Vestry 1877-1852. The son of Joseph Abbott, was 
born near Trenton June 3, 180g, and received his education in the country 
school, and in the Friends’ School in this City. He was employed for a time in 
the drug and harc'ware store of Samuel Paxson on Warren Street, and subse- 
quently held a similar position in Philadelphia. In 1835 he returned to Tren- 
ton and bought ovt his old employer. In 1838 he entered the employ of the 
Mechanics Bank, becoming cashier 1n 1840, and president in 1852. He re- 
signed after a year’s service to associate himself with Cooper & Hewitt, of 
which firm he was made vice-president. In 1870, he withdrew from the firm 
to become again president of the Mechanics Bank. Mr. Abbott took an active 
part in organizing The Trenton Savings Fund Society, and was a member of 
the Board of Managers for nearly thirty-nine years previous to his death 
which occurred November 20, 1882. In connection with St. Michael’s Church 
Mr. Abbott was the teacher of the Young Men’s Bible Class. 


Atkinson, WILLIAM Havens—Vestry r91S—_ . Born at Crosswicks, 
New Jersey, September 28, 1863. Father, Jacob Lee Atkinson; mother, 
Marinda Havens. Educated public schools. At death of father left school to 
enter business with his brother, operating a stage line between Crosswicks 
and Bordentown. Connected with the Trenton postoffice for thirteen years, 
leaving in 1903 to become superintendent of Riverview cemetery. In 1912 
elected secretary and treasurer of the Riverview Cemetery Corporation, 
which position he now occupies. In 1884 he married Lillian Ayres of Cross- 
wicks. To this marriage were born Ethel, Howard, and Lillian. His wife died 
in 1909. Remarried in 1911, Emma Virginia Simmons, of Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. He is Past Master of Mercer Masonic Lodge and was an 
organizer of the Rotary Club of Trenton in 1914. 


BakeER, CHarLes HeEnry—Vesiry roor- __—. Son of Charles R. and 
Mary C. Baker, was born in Trenton August 13, 1862. He was educated at 
the State Model School and the Trenton Academy. He entered the employ of 
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the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy from which he was graduated with 
honors in 1882. He continued in his profession as a chemist until 1888. He 
subsequently engaged in the manufacture of brick under the firm name of 
Fell and Baker. In 1891 he organized the Egyptian Pottery Company for the 
manufacture of sanitary ware. He became later manager and part proprietor 
of the State Gazette. He was elected receiver of taxes in 1895 and was County 
Clerk 1902-1908. He has held many other positions of trust and influence. 
He married Leonora A. Fell, daughter of Christian and Mary Fell. He is a 
member of the present vestry (1925). 


BLacKFAN, OGDEN WILKINSON—Vestry 1559-1872. Was born in 
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1826. He was a coal, wood and 
lumber merchant in Trenton. He was a director of the Mechanics National 
Bank of Trenton 1867-1870, director People’s Fire Insurance Company 1865- 
1868 and president of the Board of Trade 1872. He died in Trenton March 
28, 1873. His widow Mary Agnes died in 1906. A daughter, Hannah, married 
to Robert Field Stockton is living.in Elizabeth, N.J. Another daughter Eva 
the first wife of Charles E. Hewitt, died in 1908. Other daughters deceased 
were Julia, Mary Anna Harris, and Agnes. 


BLACKWELL, JONATHAN Hunt—¥Vestry 1597-1919. The son of Stephen 
and Francenia (Hunt) Blackwell, was born at Hopewell, Mercer County, 
December 20, 1841. At the age of eighteen he began his mercantile training in 
his father’s store at Hopewell and remained there until he attained his major- 
ity. He then entered the employment of William Dolton, wholesale dealer in 
groceries. Subsequently he engaged in business in New York, but returned to 
Trenton in 1864 and formed a partnership with his former employer, William 
Dolton, which business he continued after the death of Mr. Dolton under the 
name of J. H. Blackwell and Sons. In 1873 he was elected a member of Tren- 
ton Common Council serving for three years, and in the succeeding year was 
elected to the New Jersey Senate, being the youngest member of that body 
in point of age. In 1878 he was appointed Commissioner to the Paris Exposi- 
tion by Governor McClellan. He was appointed one of three commissioners 
for the erection of the new City Hall of Trenton. He was appointed State 
treasurer in January 1885 by Governor Leon Abbett. He was a director of 
the First National Bank, also of the Standard Fire Insurance Company, 
Mercer Hospital, the Trenton Railroad Company and prominent in many 
other enterprises. He married October 5, 1865, Susan Weart, daughter of 
Spencer Weart of Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey. He died at his 
home in Trenton in November tgtg. Mrs. Blackwell died in 1916. There were 
four children: Stephen Weart lost in the Titanic disaster, 1912, Clara May 
William Jenree and Henry Clayton. 


BiopcettT, WiLLiam Loami—Vestry rg09-1919. Was the eldest child 
and only son of Watson and Ruth (Smith) Blodgett. He was born in Broad 
Brook near Hartford, Connecticut, June 7, 1862. He came to Trenton in 1882, 
and took a position with the Trenton Rubber Company, afterwards associat- 
ing himself with the Hamilton Rubber Company of which he became the 


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1876 


PRESENT SENIOR WARDEN OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, 1g18 


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secretary. He married November 27, 1884, in Danbury, Connecticut, Mary 
C. Altenbrandt, daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Altenbrandt of that city. 


Bovine, JosepH L.—Vestry 1883-1858. Physician, born Pemberton, 
New Jersey, June 26, 1839, son of Daniel Budd and Elizabeth (Lamb) Bo- 
dine. A.M. Princeton College 1860. M.D. University of Pennsylvania 1865. 
Married Frances Davis October 5, 1874. Practised medicine at Trenton, New 
Jersey. Chief of Staff, St. Francis Hospital, and consulting physician New 
Jersey State Prison. Died January 2, 1889. A son is Joseph L. Bodine, judge 
U.S. District Court with residence in Trenton and a daughter is Elizabeth D. 
Bodine. 


BuGcBEE, NEWTON ALBERT KENDALL—Warden s1915- ; Vestry 
7903- _ . Was born at Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 26, 1876. He is the 
son of Alvin Newton and Lucy Kendall Bugbee. At about the age of twelve 
years he moved, with his parents, to Templeton, Massachusetts, where he 
attended the public schools of that town, graduating from the High School in 
1894. At the age of eighteen he started his business career at the Edge Moor 
Bridge Works, Wilmington, Delaware, and studying engineering at night 
school, became a member of the engineering force of that plant. In August 
1895 he came to Trenton, and when the United States Steel Corporation took 
over this plant in 1904 he resigned his position and formed The Newton 
A. K. Bugbee Co., Inc., structural iron work contractors, which furnishes a 
large part of the structural steel in this district. He is a director of the Me- 
chanics National Bank of Trenton, president of the Hanover Trust Co., and 
a manager of the Trenton Savings Fund Society. He 1s also president of the 
Liberty Surety Bond Insurance Co., and of the McKinley Memorial Hospital. 
He was a candidate for governor on the Republican ticket in 1g1g. Mr. 
Bugbee was chosen in 1913 as State chairman of the Republican State Com- 
_ mittee, and served for six years. He was elected State Comptroller January 
20, 1917, and reelected for a fifth term in February, 1926. He 1s prominent in 
the Masonic Order, having been potentate of Crescent Temple, and is a 33rd 
Degree Mason. He married October g, 1900, Florence H. Toms, daughter of 
Charles and Salina H. Toms, and a granddaughter of the late William Han- 
cock, a member of the vestry 1881-1890. They have three children, Jesse 
Albert, born November 27, 1903, Catharine Toms, born March 20, 1906, and 
Albert Kendall, born August 27, 1913. 


Carr, Evias F.—Vestry 1899-1912; 1916-1918; Warden 1902-1912; 
zg16-1918. Was a native of New York State. He was educated principally at 
Troy University and Union College, graduating from the latter institution in 
1864. He came to Trenton and took a position in the State Normal School in 
1876, being head professor of mathematics for thirty-five years when he was 
retired on a pension. He was the composer of an “Ode to New Jersey,” popu- 
larly known as “Jerseyland.” He died in Trenton August 7, 1918. 


Coox, Epmunp DunHam—VFestry rg00o. Was born in Trenton, August 
12, 1868. His boyhood was spent in Princess Anne, Maryland, where he was 


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educated. He joined his elder brother, George R. Cook, deceased 1926, in de- 
veloping the Trenton Oil-Cloth and Linoleum Company, and the Standard 
Inlaid Manufacturing Company. Both of the enterprises were highly success- 
ful. Mr. Cook was actively identified as an official with other important busi- 
ness concerns and institutions, including the Hamilton Rubber Manufactur- 
ing Company, the Acme Rubber Manufacturing Company and the Stephen 
Ballard Rubber Company of New York City. He was a director of the Tren- 
ton Trust and Safe Deposit Company, of Mercer Hospital, and the Mercer 
Trust Company. At the time of his death he was president of the Trenton 
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Cook was prominent in club and Masonic circles, 
and a generous giver of his time and substance to church, Y.M.C.A. and 
other philanthropic objects. He died April 19, 1909, as the result of injuries 
received from the fall off a horse. A sketch of his life with portrait and resolu- 
tions was published as a memorial by the Trenton Chamber of Commerce. 
He married April 5, 1893, Margaret Parsons, who with their five children 
survived him: Charlotte, married Allen Caryl Bigelow; Ruth Joyce, married 
Samuel Leslie Tattersall; Edmund Dunham, Jr., married Katharine G. 
Mayor; George Rea, 3rd; Margaret Eva. Mr. Cook’s widow, Margaret Par- 
sons Cook, married as her second husband, Charles E. Hewitt, of Trenton. 


Cooper, James R., M.D.—Vestry 1894-1599; 1920- —. Bornat Rich- 
boro, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1863, was graduated from 
the Jefferson Medical College in 1885, and from the Hahnemann Medical 
College in 1886. He subsequently entered upon the practice of his profession 
in Trenton. On June 4, 1887, he married Virginia B. Van Horn of Hardley, 
Pennsylvania. He 1s still actively engaged in the practice of medicine. 


Davies, SAMUEL BERNAIRD—VFestry 1926- . Born May 27, 1885, 
Jerusalem, Ohio. Father, John Wesley Davies; mother, Nettie Grant. Edu- 
cated in public schools, and Wheeling College, Wheeling, West Virginia. Now 
secretary and treasurer of M and D Search Co.; also treasurer of Wm. C. 
Landalt, Inc., realty firm. Director of Loyal Building and Loan Association, 
Master of Loyal Lodge F. and A. M. No. 181; also 32nd degree Mason and 
member of Crescent Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. Assistant superintendent of St. 
Michael’s Church School. Married August 26, 1911, Harriett Mary Van 
Hise; has one daughter Grace Ross. 


DeCou, James CLtarKk—Warden 1891-1917; Vestry 1868-1917. Was 
born at Clarksville near Princeton, November 14, 1839. When the family 
removed to Trenton he attended the Trenton Academy. He studied pharmacy 
under Dr. John R. S. Barnes a well-known apothecary of that day and sub- 
sequently purchased the business forming a partnership with Charles H. 
Weville. Their place of business was on the south side of East State street be- 
tween Warren and Broad. Afterwards Mr. DeCou moved to a store on the 
north side of the street adjoining the old State Gazette building where he re- 
mained until 1887 when he retired from active business. The DeCous were 
of Quaker stock, but during the rectorship of the Rev. Samuel Clements he 
joined St. Michael’s Church. He married Martha Hinsdale Butler of Phila- 


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JAMES CLARKE DE COU 
1839-1917 
WARDEN AND VESTRYMAN OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 
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delphia. He served in the Vestry of St. Michael’s Church for nearly fifty years 
and for most of that time was also superintendent of the Sunday School. He 
was a delegate to the Diocesan Convention of 1874 which elected Bishop Scar- 
borough and also the only lay delegate in the diocese who likewise attended 
the Convention of 1914 when his successor Bishop Matthews was chosen. He 
died September 21, 1917, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. In the church 
a tablet erected to his memory was unveiled at the service on Sunday Decem- 
ber 26, 1920. Mr. DeCou was survived by three sisters Annie E., Mary H.., 
and S. Ella DeCou. 


EncLisu, AMBROSE W.—Vestry 1873-1580; 1885-1886. Born October 
24, 1819, resided in the city of Trenton all his life. He married Miss Sarah E. 
Hancock, September 28, 1843. There were three children born, namely, Viola, 
Mary and Earl. Mr. English was a brick manufacturer. His wife was a de- 
voted member of the parish and a great worker in the various societies during 
her life-time. He died October 29, 1888. 


Funk, ALFRED C.—Vesiry roz7- —« Born Cheltham, Philadelphia 
County, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1867, son of William S. and Angeline C. 
Funk. Attended Bryant & Stratton Business College, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Engaged in the Steel Business in a clerical position in 1889 with the A. and P. 
Roberts & Company, Pencoyd, Pennsylvania. After five years he was trans- 
ferred to the Company’s Plant as General Manager of one of the Rolling 
Mills. In the year tgo1 was transferred to Trenton, New Jersey, as Manager 
of the American Bridge Co., holding the same position at this time. Married 
November 19, 1891, to Miss Emily Underwood, Bronx, New York City. They 
have one son and three daughters and three grand-children. 


Gat, James HENry—Vestry rorgo- ~~ . Was born April 7, 1880, in 
Columbia, Fluvanna County, Virginia. He was graduated at the Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, receiving the degrees of Bachelor 
of Science and Mechanical Engineer. He is Assistant Engineer of Distribution, 
Southern Division, Public Service Electric and Gas Company. His parents 
were Thomas Calquhoun and Sarah Elizabeth Siegfried Galt. 


GiLL,ALBERT Livincston—Warden 1913-1915; Vestry 1892-1901; 
1903-1915. Was the son of Bennington and Sarah Newell Gill. He was born 
May 15, 1850 0n the old Pearson farm near White Horse. He was educated in 
the Trenton Academy and was associated for many years with his father in 
business at the Agricultural works on Carroll street. He died December 11, 
IgI5. 

GINNELLEY, Epwin HELLYER—Vesiry 1920- ~—. Sonof James T. and 
Sarah F. Hellyer Ginnelley, was born at Fairfax Court House, Virginia 
September 9, 1864. He attended the public schools of Virginia until seventeen 
years old, then the Fairfax Academy at Fairfax Court House, Virginia, for 
two years. After that he entered the Dental Department of the National 
University, Washington, D.C. (which has since become the George Washing- 
ton University), graduating from that institution on May 8, 1886. On August 


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1, 1887, he came to Trenton, New Jersey, and immediately began the prac- 
tice of dentistry. On August 28, 1894, he married Mabel Lois Painter, daugh- 
ter of John and Calebbina Painter. In 1903 he was elected a member of the 
Trenton Common Council from the thirteenth ward, and was re-elected in 
1905. He was president of that body in 1906 and 1907. In 1908 he was elected 
a member of the House of Assembly and re-elected in 1gog. In 1921 he was 
chosen church treasurer, and still holds that office. He is a 33rd degree 
Mason and has been very prominent in the Scottish Rite and was the first 
potentate of Crescent Temple. (For his masonic activities see Appendix N: 2). 


Grant, Epwarp IncoLeton, M.D.—Vestry 1860-1870. Son of William 
and Martha Roe Grant. Born in Trenton, November i1, 1812; died in Tren- 
ton March 13, 1871. Preliminary education received in Trenton, probably 
the Old Trenton Academy. Graduated Princeton College 1833. Read medi- 
cine under the praeceptorship of Dr. James T. Clarke of Trenton and after 
attending lectures received his Medical Degree from the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1837. Located at once in Trenton where he resided and pur- 
sued his vocation till his death. Dr. Grant in 1839 married Mary Westcott 
Roe of Woodbury, North Carolina. Four children were born of this marriage. 

Dr. Grant was survived by his widow and two daughters Mary and 
Martha; the latter married the Rev. Christopher W. Knauff, Rector of St. 
Michael’s Episcopal Church 1866-1873. 


Hancock, WiLtiam—VFestry 1881-1890. Was born in England, March 
25, 1823, died in Trenton August 18, 1890. He came to this country with his 
parents Daniel and Sarah Clark Hancock and three brothers. The family 
settled in Lowell, Mass., where young Hancock was apprenticed in a woollen 
mill. When he was twenty-one years of age he became superintendent of a 
mill at Broad Brook, Connecticut, and subsequently held similar positions 
at Holyoke, Massachusetts, and Winnetauk, Connecticut. He removed to 
Trenton in 1872 and became superintendent of S. K. Wilson’s woollen mill 
where he remained until his death. He married August 30, 1846 Catherine 
Cammett Smith. The couple had two daughters, Sarah Eliza, who was married 
to William E. Bissell and Salina Austin to Charles Toms. A grandson is 
William E. Bissell, Jr., and a granddaughter, Mrs. Newton A. K. Bugbee 
(Florence H. Toms). In 1924, a three-manual pipe organ to the memory of 
William Hancock was placed in St. Michael’s Church by Mr. and Mrs. Newton 
A. K. Bugbee. 


HENpDRICKSON, FRANKLIN—Vestry 1973-1918; 1920. Was born in 
Ewing Township, the son of Jacob Hendrickson and Mary Hough Hendrick- 
son, attended the public school in Ewing, and afterwards the old Trenton 
Academy and the Rider & Allen Business College. His first position was with 
the Trenton postoffice and subsequently he entered the employment of the 
late Clark Fisher at the Eagle Anvil Works, where he remained for twenty- 
seven years, becoming after the death of Mr. Fisher, the General Superin- 
tendent of the Works. He severed his connection with the anvil works in 1915. 
In 1919 he was appointed manager of the Trenton Clearing House, succeed- 
ing the late Thomas S. Chambers. 


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SAMUEL K. WILSON JOHN MOSES 
181g-1g00 1832-1902 
VESTRY 1860-1900 VESTRY 1871—-I90I 





WILLIAM HANCOCK JAMES MURPHY 
1823-18g0 1825-1891 
VESTRY 1881-18g0 VESTRY 1862-1891 


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Hewitt, CHarLtes—Vesiry 1859-1879. Was born in New York City, 
December 18, 1824. He was a brother of Abram S. Hewitt at one time Mayor 
of New York. Though not like his brother a graduate of Columbia College, 
that institution conferred upon him the honorary degree of M.A. as a recogni- 
tion of his merits as a scholar. In 1845 he came to Trenton as bookkeeper and 
cashier in the iron-works of Peter Cooper. Subsequently he learned the prac- 
tical business of manufacturing and became the general manager of the Tren- 
ton Iron Works, afterwards known as the New Jersey Steel and Iron Com- 
pany. He invented many appliances and methods which were adopted here 
and elsewhere. During the Civil War he invented a process of rolling gun 
barrels which proved so successful that rifles were produced at the works 
known as Trenton-Springfield rifles and were largely used. Mr. Hewitt held 
several important public offices. He was a member of the Common Council 
and president of the Board of Trade. In 1871 he was elected to represent 
Mercer County in the State Senate. He married in 1849, Miss Anna Conrad 
of Philadelphia. His widow and seven children survived him. His death oc- 
curred in the fifty-fifth year of his age. 


Hiison, CLEAVELAND—VFestry 1584-1888. Son of Charles and Jane Liv- 
ingston, born Charleston, S.C., March 18, 1842, died Trenton, N.J., July 
23, 1899. Married Matilda Emily Hunt, October 21, 1875. Prepared for 
Harvard University at Russell’s Military Academy. Entered the United 
States Army at the outbreak of the Civil War and served as an officer with 
distinction until the close of the conflict. After the war he came to Trenton 
and was engaged in pottery industries. (For the children see Hunt Family 
biographical sketches Series “B’’.) 


Horr, Joun DunHam—VFestry rqo0-1906. Son of Charles Carter and 
Mary Dunham Hoff, was born in New Market, New Jersey, in 1840; during 
his boyhood the family moved to Rahway, New Jersey, where his father held 
the position of postmaster during the Civil War. In 1863 Mr. Hoff married 
Anna Freeland, daughter of John Freeland, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
vania; for many years he was connected with the Mutual Benefit Life 
Insurance Company of Newark, and in 1884 moved his office and home to 
Trenton. His death occurred in 1906. 


Jounson, Tuomas W.—Vestry 1872-1893. Was born in Jobstown, New 
Jersey, January 15, 1834. For twenty-five years he kept a grocery store at 
15 West State Street. His wife was Emeline Merritt of Mount Holly. She was 
a devoted worker in St. Michael’s Church for many years. Mr. Johnson died 
at his West State Street home March 8, 1894. He is buried in Riverview Cem- 
etery, Trenton. 


Kirsy, Joun, M.D.—Vestry 1889-1896. Born near Swedesboro, New 
Jersey, September 13, 1826, died in Trenton, February 27, 1897, was a gradu- 
ate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1852, and practised medicine in 
Salem, New Jersey, for nearly twenty-five years. Subsequently he came to 
Trenton and became one of the staff of the New Jersey State Hospital. His 
daughter, Katherine G., married in 1882 Dr. Charles P. Britton. 


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MclIivaine, WitiiamM R.—Warden 1872-1874; Vestry 1862-1867, 1871- 
7874. Was born in Ewing township December 20, 1820. His father was 
Edward Shippen MclIlvaine. He lived for the early part of his life at the fam- 
ily home in Ewing and subsequently in Trenton. He was appointed judge of 
the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County and by reappointment served 
in that capacity three terms of five years each. He married in 1842, Christina, 
daughter of Jasper Scudder and Mary Silver Reeder, both descendants of the 
earliest settlers in these parts. He died January 13, 1875. 


Moses, James—VFestry 1850-158}. Born in 1847, was a younger brother 
of John Moses. He came to Trenton about 1865 and bought the Mercer Pot- 
tery. He was a successful business man and made a large fortune, being espe- 
cially fortunate in his real estate investments. He removed to New York in 
the later years of his life. He died in Spring Lake October 8, 1920, and was 
buried in Riverview Cemetery. His widow, Mary Macdonald of New Bruns- 
wick, and three daughters survive him. 


Moses, Joun—Warden rgor— __; Vestry 1871-1901. Was born in Coun- 
ty Tyrone, Ireland, Christmas Eve, 1832. He came to this country in 1850 
when eighteen years of age. He first settled in Philadelphia where he secured 
a position in a mercantile house. He was a member of the famous Bible Class 
of Charles E. Lex. Later he went to the coal regions near Shamokin, Pennsyl- 
vania. In 1855 he came to Trenton and entered the employ of Henderson G. 
Scudder. He served in the Civil War, enlisting in Company H for a three 
months’ period in 1861 and again for a nine months’ period. In 1863 he re- 
turned to Trenton. A pioneer of the pottery industry in Trenton in company 
with Isaac Weatherly and Samuel K. Wilson he purchased the Glascow Pot- 
tery which he made a successful enterprise. He was president of the Mechan- 
ics Bank for several years. He acquired a large fortune, but during a long ill- 
ness by endorsements he lost most of it and died a poor man. Of the highest 
commercial integrity no one was more honored in business circles. He died 
January 21, 1902. He was survived by his widow (Olivia Gardner Forman) 
whom he married in St. Michael’s Church in 1865, and several children. Mrs. 
Moses, still living at the age of eighty-seven, has been a continuous member 
of St. Michael’s parish since 1844, possibly a record membership in point of 
years. The children are Frederick John, Walter, Arthur G., Helen Graham; 
Howard B., deceased, and Annie Foster, died in infancy. Arthur, Frederick and 
Walter are ‘alumi of Princeton University. Arthur G. Moses served on the 
Vestry 1902-1908. 


Murpuy, James—Warden 1873-1891; Vestry 1862-1891. Was born in 
Trenton 1825, of parents who came from Ireland. He was a clerk in the 
postoffice for some years. At the time of his death in 1891, he held a position 
in the United States Mint in Philadelphia. His only surviving child is a 
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Jay. Recently a window was placed by her in the 
church to the memory of both her parents. 


Murpuy, Joun L.—Vestry 1899-1900. A brother of James Murphy was 
born in Trenton June 19, 1828. His parents came from Ireland. When ten 


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years of age he entered the office of the Weekly State Gazette as errand boy 
and news carrier. Later he learned the printing trade, working for the firm of 
Sherman and Herron. In 1856 he became foreman of the Free Press office. 
When the paper suspended after six months he established a job office with 
Charles Bechtel as a partner and removed the plant to the building at the 
corner of State and Broad. Subsequently they purchased the State Gazette. 
In 1875 Mr. Murphy bought out the interest of his partner and conducted the 
business thenceforth by himself. He held the office of tax collector in the city 
of Trenton, to which he was twice elected and United States revenue assessor 
of the second district of New Jersey from 1868 until the office was abolished 
by act of Congress and its duties merged into those of Collector when he held 
that office until 1876 when he resigned. Mr. Murphy married Sarah B. Tay- 
lor, daughter of William and Mary C. Taylor of Penn’s Manor, Pennsylvania. 
He died May 4, 1900. An aisle window to his memory and that of his wife 
Sarah Briggs Murphy, was placed in the chapel by their daughters Mary and 
Irene Murphy. 


Myers, WILLIAM STARR—Vestry 1921— _. Professor of politics; born, 
Baltimore, Maryland, June 17, 1877; son of John Norris and Laura Virginia 
(Starr) Myers, B.A., University of North Carolina, 1897; studied Johns Hop- 
kins, 1897-1900, Ph.D., 1900. Married Margaret Barr of Washington, D.C., 
June 8, 1910. Master of History, Gilman School, Baltimore, Maryland, 1g00- 
1906; assistant professor and preceptor in history and politics, 1906-1918, 
professor of politics since 1918, Princeton University. Instructor history, 
University of Tennessee, summers IgII and 1912; instructor history and 
politics, Johns Hopkins, summers 1913-1916 inclusive. Lecturer Army War 
College, Washington, D.C., since 1920. Author: Maryland Constitution of 
1564 (1901); Self-Reconstruction of Maryland, (1908), Socialism and American 
Ideals (1919), American Democracy Today (1924), Fifty Years of the Pruden- 
tial (1926). Editor Renouf’s Outlines of General History (1909), McClellan’s 
Mexican War Diary (1917).On editorial staff New York Yournal of Commerce 
at various times. Frequent contributor to magazines and other periodicals. 
Lecturer on historical and political subjects. Home, Princeton, New Jersey. 


SADLER, WivBurR F., Jr.—Vesiry 1913-1916. Was born in Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania, November 4, 1871. He was graduated from Dickinison College 
in the class of 1890. Shortly after he became interested in the building of 
street railroads in Schuylkill County and other sections of Pennsylvania. In 
1898 he came to Trenton and was instrumental in building and developing 
local trolley roads. He was a director and afterwards president of the Broad 
Street Bank. In 1907 he was made president of the Chamber of Commerce. 
He was appointed adjutant-general by Governor Fort in 1909, which posi- 
tion he held until his death November 10, 1916. The development of Stacy 
Park and the restoration of the Old Barracks were projects in which he was 
deeply interested and which were undertaken and completed largely through 
his efforts. 


ScuppDER, HEnpDERSON G.—Vestry 1860-1872; 1531-1582. Came to 
Trenton from Lawrenceville and kept a dry goods store for many years on 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


South Warren Street below where the Mechanics Bank stands and subse- 
quently on North Broad Street. He was a Presbyterian by family connection 
but he married a churchwoman Anna Chevrier and thus became attached to 
the Episcopal Church. He was a liberal giver to the church and took an active 
part in its affairs. He died November 28, 1882. 


SHREVE, E. MErRcER—Vesiry 1871-18584. Was a native of Trenton and 
son of Ralph H. Shreve, first clerk of Mercer County. He was admitted to 
the bar as an attorney in November 1860 and as a counselor, November 1863. 
He was clerk of the United States District Court in 1868. Was a very active 
practitioner up to the time of his death. His business was largely in the local 
United States Courts. He was not prominent in jury trials, but was noted for 
learning and ability. His advice was largely sought and he was one who pre- 
eminently enjoyed the confidence of the community. Mr. Shreve died Febru- 
ary 5, 1884, aged forty-seven years. 


SMiTH, CHARLES PERRIN. Was the son of George Wishart Smith of Vir- 
ginia. He was born in Philadelphia but after the death of his father removed 
to Salem, New Jersey. He was the proprietor and editor of the National 
Standard and afterwards of The Harrisonian. In 1843 he married Hester A., 
daughter of Matthew Driver of Caroline County, Maryland. He was a 
Senator from Salem County 1855-1857 and at the expiration of his term was 
appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court, a position he held until his death in 
1872. His daughter Elizabeth A. Smith gave to St. Michael’s Church in 1892 
$3000 as a trust fund for the poor of the parish. 


THE STOCKTON FAMILY 


StockToN, RoBErRT FIELD. Wasa son of the Commodore, Robert Field, 
and a great grandson of the signer, Richard Stockton. He was born January 
22, 1832, and married September 6, 1852, Anne Margaretta Potter of Wash- 
ington, D.C., born July 26, 1833. He was graduated from Princeton College 
1851, and was admitted to the bar three years later. He became brigadier- 
general, January 30, 1858, and adjutant-general of the State, holding that 
office until April 12, 1867, when he resigned. In 1867 he was brevetted major- 
general. He was comptroller of New Jersey from 1877 to 1880. In 1866 he 
became president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, holding the 
office until 1872 when the Canal company was merged into the United New 
Jersey and Canal Company. He became a director and was president of the 
Company when he died at his home in Trenton, New Jersey, May 4, 1898. 

Mrs. Stockton who was a devoted communicant of St. Michael’s Church 
for over fifty years, died in Trenton, December 21, 1918, in her eighty-sixth 

ear. 

Children of Robert Field and Ann Margaretta Stockton: Harriet Maria, 
married 1895, to William Lewis Dayton who died 1897. Anne Margaretta, 
married 1880, Moses Taylor Pyne, who died 1921. Mary, married 1878, 
Mercer Beasley, son of Chancellor Mercer Beasley. She died 1881. He died 
1885. Robert Field, Jr., married 1888 Hannah Blackfan. Isis Iturbide, mar- 
ried 1894, George William Burleigh. 


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StreTcH, Davip E.—Vestry 1920-1925. Born in Salem, New Jersey, and 
received his education there, completing his pharmacy course in the Philadel- 
phia College of Pharmacy. He came to this city some forty years ago, and 
engaged in the drug business. For twenty-eight years his place of business 
was at the corner of Fall and Warren Streets, subsequently he was engaged by 
Mercer Hospital to act as resident druggist, holding that position until his 
retirement. He died January 23, 1926. His son, Albert T. Stretch, the well- 
known violinist, survives him. 


THROP, SAMUEL WESLEY—Vesiry 1913-1916. Was the son of Charles 
Throp and was born in New Hope, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1850. He re- 
moved to Trenton in 1872 and obtained a position with the Trenton Pottery 
Works on Greenwood Avenue. Subsequently he formed a company with 
J. Hart Brewer and they conducted a pottery for several years. Later he en- 
gaged in the real estate and insurance business. He was the president of the 
New York and New Jersey Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company. He was chosen 
senior member of the Common Council in 1903 and again 1n 1905. He married 
Carrie Howell, daughter of David and Harriet I. Howell of Yardley, Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania. His death occurred June 2, 1916. 


Vroom, Garret Dorset WaLi—Vestry 1872-1873; 1599-1912. Was 
the son of Peter Dumont and Maria Wall Vroom. Peter D. Vroom was 
Governor of New Jersey 1833-1836, and his wife was a daughter of Garrett 
D. Wall, a United States Senator. Mr. Vroom was born December 17, 1843; 
graduated from Rutgers College in the class of 1862. He read law in the office 
of his father, and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in 1865, 
Chancery Court 1871. For several years he was city solicitor and prosecutor 
of the pleas for Mercer County. He was Mayor of Trenton 1881-1883, and 
afterwards served as president of the Board of Public Works. He was law 
reporter of the Supreme Court 1873-1903, one of the judges of the Court of 
Errors and Appeals 1go1-1914. He was an original member of the New 
Jersey Society Sons of the Revolution, and afterwards president, also a vice- 
president of the National Society. 

He was for several years one of the managers of the State Hospital for the 
Insane, and was later secretary and president of the Board. He was one of the 
original managers and afterwards president of the Trenton Battle Monument 
Association. In 1892 he was elected a manager of the Trenton Savings Fund 
Society, and on the death of General William S. Stryker became president 
in 1900. 

Judge Vroom was a man of forceful personality, a lover of literature, espe- 
cially history. He possessed a fine library in the line of French memoirs and 
early American historical works and pamphlets. He married June 8, 1871, 
Charlotte Corinne,youngest daughter of Philemon and Margaret Corinne 
Clothilde (Gobert) Dickinson. After a brief illness he died athis home in 
Trenton, March 14, 1914, and was buried in Riverview Cemetery. His widow 
and one daughter, Gertrude G., survive him. 


Wacker, Epwin Ropert—Vestry rgr2-1918; 1920. Was born in 
Rochester, New York, September 13, 1862, where his father, Dr. Walter 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Walker, practised medicine and surgery, but since 1869 he has lived in Tren- 
ton, the home of his maternal ancestors, two of whom were officers in the 
American army during the Revolutionary War, and one of whom, Stacy A. 
Paxson, was state treasurer of New Jersey and in 1845 was a vestryman of 
St. Michael’s church. While serving a clerkship in the Chancery office he 
studied law with the late Colonel S. Meredith Dickinson and afterwards with 
Judge Garret D. W. Vroom. He was admitted to the bar at the June term of 
the Supreme Court, 1886. In 1891-1892 Mr. Walker was counsel for the Board 
of Chosen Freeholders of the county of Mercer, and in 1892-1893 was city 
counsel for the corporation of Trenton. Mr. Walker was judge-advocate of 
the Second Regiment, National Guard of New Jersey, with the rank of 
captain in 1906, and in 1907 was made judge-advocate of the Second Brig- 
ade with the rank of major. He was appointed vice-chancellor by Chancellor 
Magie on October 29, 1907, for a full term of seven years, to succeed Vice- 
Chancellor Bergen, who resigned to become a justice of the Supreme Court. 
On March 18, 1912, Governor Wilson nominated Mr. Walker for the office 
of chancellor to fill a vacancy caused*by the resignation of Chancellor Mahlon 
Pitney. He was reappointed in 1919 and again in 1926. He is an authority on 
local history and chairman of the “Associated Historians” having in prepara- 
tion a projected History of Trenton. He married in Trenton June 30, 1891, 
Sarah, daughter of Jacob Conrad and Sarah (Corbin) Fritz. Their children 
were Geoffrey Fritz, born August 11, 1892, died September 8, 1913, and 
Gertrude, died in infancy 1894. 


DESCENT OF EDWIN ROBERT WALKER FROM MAHLON STACY 


(a) Mahlon Stacy’s (1) daughter 

(b) Ruth (2) married Samuel Atkinson (second husband) and their son 
(c) Samuel Atkinson (3) married Anne Coates; their daughter 

(d) Beulah Atkinson (4) married Samuel Paxson; their son 

(e) Stacy A. Paxson (5) married Mary Van Cleve; and their daughter | 
(f) Mary W. Paxson (6) married Walter Walker; and their son is 

(g) Edwin Robert Walker (7). 


Warren, WILLIAM O.—Vestry 1913—- _—-. Son of George W. and Eliza 
Rogers Warren was born on a farm near Wrightstown, Burlington County, 
New Jersey, left the farm at an early age to attend private schools in Borden- 
town, New Jersey, completing his education at the Bordentown Military In- 
stitute. Engaged in business in 1892, with his brother, George W. Warren, 
and George W. Balderston, forming a corporation under the name of Warren, 
Balderston & Company of which corporation he has been the president from 
the time of organization until the present. In 1895 he married Sara Noblit 
Swayne, daughter of Jacob and Sarah J. B. Swayne, near Fairville, Chester 
County, Pa. They have one daughter, Sara Elizabeth Warren. 


WILKINSON, FREDERICK R.—Vestry 7868-1878. Was born in Trenton 
June 9, 1837. He was graduated at Princeton 1857. He married January 24, 
1860, Harriet Sarah Folwell, daughter of Robert Folwell and Harriet 


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1862- 1862— 
VESTRY 1912-1918; 1920-1922 VESTRY IgOI- 





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1864- 1873- 
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(Graham) Folwell. Mr. Wilkinson was a lawyer by profession, but owing to 
his large real estate and other interests he did not practise. He was for many 
years a director of the Mechanics National Bank and the People’s and Stand- 
ard Fire Insurance Companies. He died December 30, 1883. 


WILSON,SAMUEL KIRKBRIDGE—Warden 1575-1900; Vestry 1860-1900. 
Was born at Mullica Hill, New Jersey, March 6, 1819. He came to Trenton 
and engaged in the manufacture of woollen cloth in which he was most suc- 
cessful. He was a large holder of real estate in the city. He held many offices of 
importance in the business world. He was a director of the People’s Insurance 
Company 1865-1868; president, State Savings Bank 1869-1875; director of 
the Mechanics National Bank 1856-1885; manager, Trenton Savings Fund 
Society 1878-1900; director, Standard Fire Insurance Company 1881-1900; 
president, Trenton Watch Company 1887-1895 and vice-president 1897- 
1900. His death occurred in Trenton November 26, 1g00. 

Mr. Wilson married for his first wife Sarah Margaret Hunt Bond and for 
his second wife Isabelle Gertrude Conway. There were no children by the 
first marriage. By the second marriage there was one daughter Mary Hazel 
who is now living in Trenton. The second Mrs. Wilson married William H. 
Brokaw and died March 25, 1917. Mr. Wilson was a liberal supporter of St. 
Michael’s Church. He built Grace Chapel on South Clinton Avenue in 1876 
at his own expense and also the parish house of St. Michael’s Church in 1892. 
When Bishop Scarborough decided to make Trenton his official home, Mr. 
Wilson presented the diocese with a fine mansion on Greenwood Avenue as 
an Episcopal residence which Bishop Scarborough occupied for the thirty- 
nine years of his Episcopate. Subsequently when it ceased to be used by 
Bishop Matthews it was sold under the terms of the gift and the proceeds 
went to St. Michael’s Church as a trust fund for missionary work in Mercer 
County. 


Witson, WaLttTeR P.—Warden ro19q-__; Vestry 1917—_. The son of the 
late John D. and Abigail H. Wilson, was born in Trenton. He received his 
education in the Trenton grammar and High Schools, and Rider College. 

Early in life he entered the printing business and now conducts his own 
establishment. He is a descendant of a Monmouth County, New Jersey, 
family that was prominent in the service of this country in the Revolutionary 
War. Two of his ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War were John 
Rue and Captain William Heisler. He has been a lay reader in the Church for 
many years, doing work in various institutions and churches. He has been 
for some years superintendent of St. Michael’s Church Sunday School. 


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GEAR Te ERX Xda 


THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND WILLIAM BEST EDDY 


I9gI2-1919 
THE RECTOR AND VESTRY AT ODDS 


HE parish was now under the necessity of choosing a 
rector, and the choice fell upon the Rev. William Best 
Eddy, then first assistant in Grace Church, New York City. 


December 13, 1911. 

Mr. Blackwell, Chairman of the Committee appointed to 
confer with the Rev. William B. Eddy, having reported favor- 
ably with regard to Mr. Eddy 

On motion of Mr. Bugbee it was Resolved That the wardens 
be and they hereby are authorized and instructed to extend a 
call to the Rev. Mr. Eddy to the Rectorship of St. Michael’s 
Parish. 

Letter of the wardens to the Rev. Mr. Eddy dated December 
14, 1911, notifying him of his election as Rector. 


January 3, 1912. 

Dr. Carr for the wardens presented and read a letter from the 

Rev. William B. Eddy accepting the Rectorship of St. Michael’s, 

dated Grace House, 802 Broadway, New York, December 26, 
IgII, to begin February 1, 1912. 


State Gazette 
Wednesday, January 31, Ig12 
NEW RECTOR OF ST. MICHAEL’ S CHURCH 


Rev. William Best Eddy, who has succeeded Rev. Dr. T. Bond 
Holland as Rector of St. Michael’s Church, and Mrs. Eddy 
reached here yesterday, taking up their residence at 156 West 
State Street. The Rector will conduct the services at St. 
Michael’s next Sunday and next Tuesday evening the members 
of the parish will extend to him and his wife a formal reception. 


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RECTORATE OF WILLIAM EDDY 


MR. EDDY PREFERS NOT TO LIVE IN RECTORY 
Mr. Eddy, preferring a house of ampler proportions than the 


rectory, the vestry consented to his renting another house, and 
“agreed to pay over the rent of the house owned by the church 
to Mr. Eddy, he to make up the difference, if any, between the 
rent of the two houses.” Mr. Eddy thereupon rented the former 
home of Richard Oliphant, No. 156 West State Street. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. W. B. EDDY 

The Rev. Mr. Eddy was born in Troy, New York, was 
graduated from Tufts College in 1889, and received his A.M. 
degree in 1890. He began his career as a Universalist minister, 
but coming under church influence, he relinquished his connec- 
tion with that body, and sought orders in the Episcopal Church. 
He was ordained deacon 1n 1908, and priested in 1909 by Bishop 
Lawrence of Massachusetts. His first charge was as assistant 
minister in Grace Church, New York, under the rectorship of 
the late Dr. William R. Huntington. 


A CLASH OVER THE MUSIC 


For a period all went smoothly in the parish life, but trouble 
was brewing, and in 1913 developed into an issue over the re- 
spective rights of the rector and the choirmaster in the matter 
of ordering the music. 

The minutes relating to the controversy give the full details: 

Meeting of Vestry, January 7, 1913. 
On motion of Mr. Walker, it was— 

REsOLvED, That the Vestry of St. Michael’s Church acknowl- 

edge the authority of the Rector, and his individual power and 

jurisdiction over the music of the Church; and have entire con- 
fidence in his wisdom and discretion in the matter, and pledge 
him their hearty and undivided support in any action he may 
see fit to take concerning the same. Adopted. 

Meeting of Vestry, January 23, 1913. 

The Rector presented and read a statement, after which 
being amended, was as follows: 

As some publicity has recently been given to matters relating 

to the musical arrangements of St. Michael’s Church; the 

Vestry has deemed it proper to issue a plain statement of facts 

in order to correct any possible misapprehension on the part 

of those interested, whether within or without the parish. 


E293). 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Some weeks ago steps were taken by the Rector looking to 
the development of the music of the Church, to meet the re- 
quirements of a series of special evening services, with a view 
to occasional augmentation of the choir by a boy soloist, there 
being no soprano soloist in the Choir. 

The Choir Master refused to allow such augmentation and 
denied the authority of the Rector to act against his decision. 

A meeting of the Vestry was called, and the Rector stated the 
facts in the case, setting forth the Canon of the Church, supple- 
mented by a letter from the Bishop of the Diocese defining the 
position of the Rector as in sole charge and full control of the 
music in his own congregation. 

The Vestry passed the following resolution by unanimous 
vote, eight members being present: 

REsotvep, That the Vestry of St. Michael’s Church ac- 
knowledge the authority of the Rector, and his individual power 
and jurisdiction over the music of the Church, under the Canons 
of the Church, and have entire confidence in his wisdom and dis- 
cretion in the matter; and pledge him their hearty and un- 
divided support in any action he may see fit to take concerning 
the same. 


THE CHOIR-MASTER AND CHOIR WITHDRAW 


When the Choir-Master learned of the action of the Vestry, 
he tendered his resignation to take effect at once, and it was 
learned that upon his resigning, the men of the Choir would 
also withdraw. 

It was the desire of the Rector that the Choristers (both men 
and boys), and Choir-Master, remain in the service of the 
Church, the only condition for the latter, being that he work in 
sympathy with the Rector. 

In view of the fact that contrary to this expressed desire, the 
Choir-Master voluntarily resigned, and the members of the 
Choir left the service of the Church of their own accord, we 
see no occasion for grievance on their part, and know of no fact 
justifying any criticism of the Rector or of his action in the 
premises. 


Dated January 23, 1913—Signed 


James C. DE Cou ALBERT L, GILL 

J.H. BrackweE.i Cuares H. Baker 
Newron A. K. BuGBEE CHARLES L. PATTERSON 
Wn. L. BLopGetr Epwin Rogpert WALKER 


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RECTORATE OF WILLIAM EDDY 


On motion of Mr. Walker, seconded by Mr. Baker, said state- 
ment was adopted, ordered spread upon the minutes (each 
member of the Vestry having signed it) and a copy of same was 
ordered to be sent to the Press for publication. 


VACANCIES IN THE VESTRY 


There being some vacancies in the vestry caused by the resig- 
nation of Dr. Elias F. Carr, junior warden, due to his removal 
from the city, and the resignation of another vestryman, on 
February 8, 1913, General Wilbur F. Sadler and William O. 
Warren were elected vestrymen, and Albert L. Gill was elected 
junior warden. 


TABLET PLACED ON EXTERIOR WALL OF THE CHURCH 
May 28, 1914. 
General Sadler announced that the Sons of the American 
Revolution would pass through Trenton on a pilgrimage from 
Philadelphia to Boston on the twenty-third of June, and that 
it had been proposed to place a Bronze Tablet on the front of 
the Church, marking the Route taken by Washington from 
Philadelphia to Cambridge, Mass., to assume command of the 
Patriotic Army in 1775. 
It was moved by Mr. Blackwell that “we accept the valued 
offer of the Sons of the American Revolution.” 


The tablet which was unveiled Tuesday, 2:30 p.m., June 23, 
1914, reads as follows: 
Eternal Vigilance 1s the Price of Liberty 
Marking the Route taken by Washington from Philadelphia 
to Cambridge, Mass., to assume command of the Patriotic 


Army in 1775. Placed here by the society, Sons of the American 
Revolution, June 23, 1914. 


DEATH OF PROMINENT VESTRYMEN 


The death of four vestrymen followed in quick succession: 1n 
1916, Albert L. Gill, junior warden, General Wilbur F’. Sadler 
and Samuel W. Throp, vestrymen, and in 1917 James C. De 
Cou, senior warden. 

In 1918, Elias F. Carr, formerly junior warden, but not at that 
time a member of the vestry, also passed away. Appropriate 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


resolutions were passed in the case of the deceased members of 
the vestry. 

Of James C. DeCou, senior warden, it is recorded that “he 
had been a pupil, teacher, superintendent of the Sunday School 
for fifty years, a member of the vestry since 1868, and a warden 
since 1891.” 

This almost unprecedented term of service deserved, and was 
to receive, grateful remembrance. 


DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RECTOR AND VESTRY 


Matters were not going smoothly between the rector and 
vestry, and a special meeting was called for October 6, 1919, “to 
receive and act upon a request from the rector for the dissolution 
of pastoral relations.’ There was no quorum, and the meeting 
was adjourned. 


Meeting of the Vestry, November 10, 1919. 

There were present Messrs. Wilson, Warren, Atkinson, Galt, 
Howarth and Funk. Mr. Bugbee elected Senior warden. 
Mr. Wilson elected Junior warden. 


In the absence, as alleged, of a duly elected warden at this 
meeting, the legality of the election was questioned, and at a 
meeting held a week later the minutes were ordered to be “not 
accepted.” 


SOURCE OF THE TROUBLE 


It may be said here that the trouble went back to the Easter 
parish election of 1919, when through the attendance of a 
majority of those favorably disposed towards the rector, certain 
former vestrymen were displaced, and others elected in their 
stead. 


THE LEGALITY OF THE ELECTION OF WARDENS QUESTIONED 


Monday Evening, November 17, 1919. 

A special meeting of the vestry of St. Michael’s Church was 

held at the residence of the Senior Warden at 8 o’clock p.m. 

Those present were Messrs. Wilson, Warren, Baker, Atkinson, 
Galt, Howarth, Funk and Bugbee. 

On motion of Mr. Galt it was decided that inasmuch as there 

were some question as to the legality of the election of wardens 


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RECTORATE OF WILLIAM EDDY 


on account of the absence from the meeting of a duly elected 
warden, it was moved and carried that the minutes of the meet- 
ing of November to be not accepted. 

The organization of the vestry was then taken up and Messrs. 
Bugbee and Wilson were nominated respectively Senior and 
Junior Warden, and regularly elected. 


THE RECTOR TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION 
The resignation of William Best Eddy was then read: 
Trenton, N.J., June 21, 1919. 


THE VESTRY OF St. MIcHAEL’S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL 
CuurcH, TRENTON, NEw JERSEY: 


GENTLEMEN. In view of an opportunity for larger service in 
New York I desire to relinquish my office here and therefore 
tender my resignation as Rector to take effect the first day of 
September next. 

Faithfully yours, 


(signed) Wuii1am Best Eppy. 


VESTRY DECLARES RECTORSHIP VACANT 


On motion of Mr. Warren seconded by Mr. Baker, the follow- 
ing resolution was adopted (all but two of the vestrymen pres- 
ent voting in the affirmative). 

Whereas, in the newspaper press of Trenton in the month of 
July 1gtg, a notice appeared that the Rev. Wm. B. Eddy, Rec- 
tor of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s in the 
City of Trenton, had resigned as such Rector, his resignation to 
take effect September 1, 1g1g, and later there appeared in the 
same press a notice that he would preach his farewell sermon on 
the last Sunday in the said month of July, that said notices un- 
doubtedly emanated from the said Rector, who never contra- 
dicted them and who actually preached his farewell sermon to 
the congregation of said Church on the last Sunday in July tg1Q, 
since which time he has removed from the Parish of St. 
Michael’s and the Diocese of New Jersey, and has absented 
himself from said Church and abandoned the same: Therefore 
Be it resolved by the vestry of St. Michael’s Church That the 
Rectorship of said Church is and has been vacant since the first 
day of September last past and be it further 

Resolved That the senior warden appoint a Committee of 


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three to investigate and report to the vestry the name or names 
of a person or persons duly qualified to be Rector of said 


Church. 


AN OPPOSITE VIEW OF THE MATTER 


Apparently it was the contention of Mr. Eddy and of those 
who sided with him that, inasmuch as the vestry had failed to 
act upon his resignation to take effect as of September 1, but had 
postponed consideration of the same until the meeting held 
November 17, he was in the meanwhile necessarily possessed of 
all the powers and prerogatives of the rectorship, including the 
obligation to provide for the services in the church. 

The Rev. Mr. Eddy is serving (1925) on the staff of the 
Protestant Episcopal City Mission in New York City. 


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THE RIGHT REVEREND PAUL MATTHEWS 


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T the annual Convention held in St. Michael’s Church, 
Trenton, May 15, 1914, the securing of a successor to the 
late Bishop Scarborough, was attempted by the election of the 
Rt. Rev. Charles H. Brent, D.D., the missionary bishop of the 
Philippine Islands. The election was on the fifth ballot. Bishop 
Brent declined the election, and a special Convention was called 
for October 7 of the same year, to meet in Trinity Church, Tren- 
ton. At this Convention the diocese unanimously elected the 
Very Reverend Paul Matthews as fifth bishop of New Jersey. 
He was at that time dean of the Cathedral of our Merciful 
Saviour, Faribault, Minn., and a professor in the Seabury 
Divinity School. 
The bishop-elect was consecrated on St. Paul’s Day, January 
2§, 1915, in St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, and entered imme- 
diately upon his duties. 


SKETCH OF BISHOP PAUL MATTHEWS 


Paul Matthews was born in Glendale, Ohio, a suburb of 
Cincinnati, December 25, 1866. He was a son of Stanley 
Matthews, associate-justice of the supreme court of the United 
States, appointed during the administration of President Hayes. 
He was graduated from Princeton University in 1887, being 
valedictorian of his class, and subsequently from the General 
Theological Seminary in 1890, with the degree of B.D. He was 
ordered deacon in 1890 by Bishop Vincent of Southern Ohio, 
and priested in 1891 by Bishop Worthington of Nebraska. He 
married Miss Elsie Procter of Glendale, Ohio, in May 1897. 
His first charge was as a member of the Associate—Mission, 
Omaha, Nebraska, 1891-1895. He was rector of St. Luke’s 
Church, Cincinnati, 1896-1904, dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral of 


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the same city, 1904-1913; dean of the Cathedral of Our Merci- 
ful Saviour, Faribault, Minnesota, 1913-1914 and professor in 
the Seabury Divinity School for the same period. He received 
the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Seabury in 1915; from 
Princeton University in 1916; and the degree of Doctor of 
Sacred Theology from the General Theological Seminary in 
1915. On January 25, 1925, his tenth anniversary as Bishop of 
New Jersey was observed by a special service in St. Mary’s 
Church, Burlington, and the day following at a luncheon given 
in his honor at Trenton he was presented with a beautiful 
pastoral staff by the churchmen of the diocese. 


A VIGOROUS ADMINISTRATION 


During the ten years of Bishop Matthews’ administration the 
work and resources of the diocese have greatly advanced, par- 
ticularly in the matter of organization and the development of 
institutional life. The Cathedral Foundation, implying not a 
material fabric, but the consolidation of diocesan work under 
special administrators for the four departments of Missions, 
Social Service, Religious Education, and the Nation-wide Cam- 
paign, has been inaugurated. The dean, the archdeacon and the 
three canons, with a certain number of clergymen and laymen, 
elected by the convention, under the leadership of the bishop 
and bishop-coadjutor, are charged with the active management 
of diocesan work. Advances especially along the lines of social 
service and religious education have taken place. Agencies have 
been established or taken over by the diocese such as The Ever- 
greens, Home for the Aged, Ruth Hall, a school for girls in 
Asbury Park now removed to Burlington and affiliated with St. 
Mary’s Hall, the Church Mission of Help, Christ Church Home 
for homeless children, South Amboy, St. Bernard’s School for 
boys at Bernardsville, St. Barnabas Guild for nurses. Besides 
these the bishop’s fostering care extends to St. Mary’s Hall, 
Burlington, the second oldest church school for girls in the Uni- 
ted States, which although not technically a diocesan institu- 
tion, is yet closely linked to the diocese by the fact that the 
bishop 1s ex-officio visitor and president of the board of trustees. 
There has also been the establishment under the bishop of the 
William Alexander Procter Foundation, by arrangement with 


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BISHOP-COADJUTOR OF NEW JERSEY 1923- 


THE FIFTH BISHOP 


Trinity Church, Princeton, whereby the services of a student 
pastor for the undergraduates of the university have been 
secured. 


A BISHOP-COADJUTOR CHOSEN 


The need for an assistant to share the burden of these numer- 
ous activities began to be felt, and several abortive attempts 
were made to choose such. 

Finally at a special convention held in Christ pro-cathedral, 
Trenton, October g, 1923, the Rt. Rev. Albion W. Knight, D.D., 
was unanimously elected bishop-coadjutor. Bishop Knight had 
been for some time previously serving as a temporary assistant 
to Bishop Matthews, and in that capacity had so commended 
himself to the goodwill of the clergy and laity, that the choice 
was a natural and satisfactory one. 

As the bishop-coadjutor was already in Episcopal Orders no 
consecration was required, and he continued his services to the 
diocese. 


SKETCH OF THE RIGHT REVEREND ALBION WILLIAMSON KNIGHT 


Albion Williamson Knight was born in White Springs, 
Florida, August 24, 1859, the son of George Augustine Knight 
and Martha Demere. He was ordained deacon in 1881, and 
priest in 1883. He married (1) Elise Nicoll Hallowes, Jackson- 
ville, Florida, August 27, 1889, (2) Miriam Powell Yates 1919. 
His first charge was as missionary in Southern Florida, 1881— 
1884. He was rector of St. Marks’ Church, Palatka, Florida, 
1884-1886. Rector St. Andrews’ Church Jacksonville, Florida, 
1886-1893, dean of the cathedral at Atlanta, Georgia, 1893- 
1904. In 1904 he was consecrated Bishop of Cuba, which office 
he held up to 1913. He was placed in charge of the Panama 
Canal Zone 1908-1920. In 1914 he became vice-chancellor and 
president of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 
which post he held until 1922. In 1923 he was chosen bishop- 
coadjutor of the Diocese of New Jersey, since when he has 
made his home in Trenton. 


Bete eed 


CHAPTER XXXVIII 


THE RECTORATE OF 
THE REVEREND SAMUEL STEINMETZ 
1920 
PROGRESS OF THE PARISH 
FUTURE PROSPECTS 


T a meeting of the vestry held May 6, 1920, it was resolved 

to engage the Rev. Samuel Steinmetz, to act as a supply 

pending the selection of a rector. On September 16 of the same 

year, Mr. Steinmetz, having commended himself to the vestry 

by his excellent work, and pleasing personality, was unani- 

mously chosen rector, and the bishop was so informed. His letter 
of acceptance, under date of September 26, follows: 


I hereby accept the call of the vestry to become rector of this 
church, and in so doing I assure you that it is only after much 
prayer and in full confidence that this is God’s will. Let me say 
however, that I come to you as your minister in the words of 
St. Paul, “Not with excellency of speech or word declaring unto 
you the testimony of God, for | am determined to know nothing 
among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” Soliciting your 
prayers and hearty co-operation that we may indeed be 
“workers together with Him.” I am 


Devotedly yours, 
SAMUEL STEINMETZ. 


SKETCH OF THE REV. SAMUEL STEINMETZ 


Samuel Steinmetz was born in Philadelphia, February 7, 
1887. He was the son of Leonard Winfield Steinmetz and 
Martha Zorn Durdine. The former was a member of the Phila- 
delphia Board of Education for fourteen years. On the maternal 
side the son is a descendant of Major William Bower, an officer 
in the Continental Army. He was educated in the Philadelphia 
public schools, and later was graduated from the Philadelphia 
Business College. He also attended the Maher Preparatory 


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1920- 


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School. He studied at the Temple University Law School, 
leaving to prepare himself for the work of the ministry by pur- 
suing his studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the 
Virginia Theological Seminary. He subsequently took a post- 
graduate course in the Philadelphia Divinity School. He was 
ordained to the diaconate by the Rt. Rev. John Gardner 
Murray, D.D., Bishop of Maryland, June 1, 1913, and to the 
priesthood May 29, 1914. His first charge was a curacy at the 
Church of the Ascension, Baltimore, Maryland. He was subse- 
quently rector of the Church of the Transfiguration, West 
Arlington, Baltimore, Maryland, and of Calvary Chapel, 
Washington, D.C. Afterwards he was associated with Holy 
Trinity Church, Philadelphia, being vicar of the Chapel of The 
Prince of Peace. During the World War, in addition to his paro- 
chial duties, he engaged in Y.M.C.A. work, being the Industrial 
Extension Secretary of the Central Y.M.C.A. of Philadelphia, 
planning and directing a large programme in the great indus- 
trial plants of the city. In the autumn of 1920 he accepted a 
call to the rectorship of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton. He 
married Miss Ethel May Martin, of Philadelphia, daughter of 
William M. and Mary Jane Frazier They have one son, 


Samuel Steinmetz, Jr. 


UNVEILING OF A TABLET IN MEMORY OF JAMES C. DE COU 


On Sunday, December 26, 1920, at the morning service, there 
was unveiled a bronze tablet, placed on the south wall of the 
church, in memory of James C. DeCou. 

The inscription reads as follows: 


To the Glory of God and 
In Loving Memory of 
JAMES CLARKE DE COU 
1839—1917 
A member of this Church and 
Superintendent of the Sunday School for 
fifty years. Funior Warden 1891-1901 
Sentor Warden 1901-1917 


A EULOGY BY CHANCELLOR WALKER 


An address was made on the occasion by Chancellor Edwin 
Robert Walker, a member of the vestry. He said in part: 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


St. Michael’s Church is rich in history and rich also in the 
character and personality of a long line of faithful members 
and officials who have supported and upheld it for a period of 
more than two hundred years. None of them, however, served 
the parish with greater zeal and fidelity than the late lamented 
James C. DeCou, in loving memory of whom this tablet has 
been fittingly erected, and now reverently unveiled. Piety, de- 
votion and christian endeavor, a trinity of virtues, were 
possessed by him in full heaped and rounded measure... . 

I will not dwell upon the various activities of Mr. DeCou in 
this parish, perhaps I cannot for want of minute information, 
for his activities ended a few years ago about the time when 
mine began. .. . Mr. DeCou was a great man among us in St. 
Michael’s Church—able, industrious, devoted and unselfish, 
he labored to make others happy, and so kindly was his nature 
that to know him was to like him, and to be his acquaintance 
was to be his friend. (State Gazette, December 27, 1920.) 

The tablet is of bronze set in a marble slab and was the gift of 

Mr. DeCou’s sisters, the Misses Annie E., Mary H. and S. Ella 
DeCou. 


A PEACEFUL PASTORATE 


During the next five years the current of the parish life flowed 
peacefully after the somewhat hectic conditions marking the 
previous rectorate. Under the leadership of the Rev. Mr. Stein- 
metz, the records show a marked advance in all departments of 
the work. The period was one of growth, and consolidation 
marred by no misunderstandings or dissatisfaction. All con- 
cerned seem to have united to pull together, and to preserve a 
spirit of harmony and goodwill. 

A perusal of the minutes of the vestry shows that little busi- 
ness except of a routine order 1s recorded. 


A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR LEGACY 


At a meeting of the vestry, October 13, 1921, the announce- 
ment was made of a legacy of Ten Thousand Dollars left to the 
parish under the will of Miss Mary F. Murphy, which was duly 
accepted in accordance with the terms of the will. 

On May 7, 1925, it was ordered that one thousand dollars of 

this sum be appropriated and expended for a memorial window 
and the balance invested for the benefit of the parish. 


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RECTORATE OF SAMUEL STEINMETZ 


THE BISHOP'S HOUSE TRUST FUND 


Special meeting of the vestry, January 17, 1923. 

The request of Bishop Matthews suggesting that the proceeds 
received from the sale of the Bishop’s Residence on Greenwood 
Avenue be turned over to the Board of Missions was refused on 
the grounds that the deed of gift (Samuel K. Wilson) indicated 
that the proceeds of this fund were to be used by the Corpora- 
tion of St. Michael’s Church under the laws, rules, regulations 
and usages of the Diocese of New Jersey. 


In accordance with the terms of the original gift by Samuel K. 
Wilson, to the diocese, of the Bishop’s House on Greenwood 
Avenue, it was provided in case the property ceased to be used 
as such, that it should be sold, the proceeds invested and the 
interest used for missionary work in Mercer County, under the 
direction of the corporation of St. Michael’s Church, of which 
Mr. Wilson was for many years senior warden. As the Green- 
wood Avenue house had thus ceased to be used when Bishop 
Matthews established his official residence in Princeton the 
terms of the Wilson gift were complied with, and the sum of 
$14,672.31, was turned over to St. Michael’s Church as a trust 
fund for the purpose indicated. The services of Mrs. Ida Liv- 
ingston were engaged “as a missionary in Mercer County under 
the supervision of the rector, wardens and vestrymen as trustees 


of the fund.” 


THE GIFT OF A NEW ORGAN BY MR. AND MRS. NEWTON A. K. BUGBEE 


At a meeting of the vestry September 23, 1923, Mr. Bugbee, 
the senior warden, stated his intention to provide a new organ 
for the church, as a gift from his wife and himself, and requested 
permission to displace the old one and install a new one in its 
place. The request was granted, and in 1924 a fine three-manual 
instrument, of the latest and most approved design was placed 
in the balcony. The gift dedicated was in memory of William 
Hancock and of his two daughters, Salina Toms and Sarah E. 
Bissell. William Hancock was the grandfather of Mrs. Bugbee 
(Florence Hancock Toms). He served in the vestry from 1881 to 
1890. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


A MASONIC SERVICE AT THE GRAVE OF DAVID BREARLEY 

A special service for the Grand Lodge of the Masonic Order of 
New Jersey, was held in the church on April 3, 1924. The pur- 
pose of the meeting was the dedication of a fine granite slab 
placed over the grave of David Brearley “first Grand Master of 
Masons in New Jersey” and a warden of St. Michael’s Church 
1785-1790. Prayers were offered by the Rev. Samuel Steinmetz, 
and an address of greeting was given by the Rt. Rev. Albion W. 
Knight, D.D., both members of the Masonic Order. After the 
brief service in the church, the whole assembly proceeded to the 
grave-yard where appropriate ceremonies followed. The Grand 
Master, David M. McGregor, followed with an address, sketching 
the life of David Brearley, and eulogizing his character and 
achievements. The speaker also mentioned, in the course of his 
remarks, the names of several other prominent members of the 
Order, whose bodies lie buried in the old graveyard. 

(See Appendix N: 2—Men of St. Michael’s Church prominent 
in the Masonic Order.) 


INSCRIPTIONS ON OLD GRAVE-STONES RECUT 


During 1924, a most commendable work was undertaken by a 
group of St. Michael’s women. Time and weather had united to 
dull, or partially efface, the names and inscriptions on the old 
tombstones in the graveyard, and in a few more years, unless 
the matter of recutting the same was promptly taken in hand, 
many of the records would probably have become indecipherable 
to the irreparable loss of important data. Though there was little 
or no ready money available at the time for this pious task, the 
women interested in the matter went to work with a will to raise 
the funds required. As a result the lettering on the gravestones 
has been rechiselled, and is now as legible as it was originally. 
This was a public service of the highest value, and merits the 
approbation and support, not only of those whose forebears lie 
buried in the old graveyard, but of all who are concerned that 
the memorials of the dead, during a period of a century and a 
half, many of whom were once prominent and influential in the 
community, should not be suffered to fall into neglect and 
oblivion. 

The total expense of this work amounted to over $1500.00. 


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COURTESY OF ISAAC CHERRY 


GRAND SECRETARY OF THE 
GRAND LODGE OF MASONS, NEW JERSEY 


RECTORATE OF SAMUEL STEINMETZ 


SOME PARISH STATISTICS 


The progress of the parish under the present rector can best 
be told from the summary of a report which was made to the 
congregation by the Rev. Mr. Steinmetz on the completion of 
the first five years of his rectorate. 


Episcopal visitations 9 
Baptisms 100 
Confirmations 200 
Marriages 36 
Burials 400 


(Present number of Communicants as given in the Diocesan 


Journal, 1925, is 796.) 


Of the burials the majority were of persons unconnected with 
the parish. 

A weekly celebration of the Holy Communion has been estab- 
lished, and attendance at the regular church services largely 
increased. The rector has preached and delivered more than 700 
sermons and addresses. Lectures and talks before organizations 
and societies, civic and social, have numbered 364. Improve- 
ments have been made to the church property, including the 
installation of a new heating plant at a cost of some $6000.00. 
The money raised to pay past indebtedness, and for improve- 
ments totalled more than $17,000.00. 

During this period many memorial gifts have been made to 
the parish, including several stained glass windows, two silver 
alms basins, a new chalice and patten, a private communion 
set, books for the altar and clergy use, and a three-manual pipe 
organ. Old parish organizations have been revived, and several 
new ones started. The Church School has increased forty per 
cent in numbers. A men’s club has been organized with a present 
membership of 170, as also a flourishing boys club. Other or- 
ganizations include the Church Chapter, the Altar Guild, 
Daughters of the King, Woman’s Auxiliary, the Girls Friendly 
Society, and the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. (See Appendix F.) 


MR. BUGBEE PROVIDES OPEN SPACE ON PERRY STREET CORNER 


The property on the north side of the church has been recently 
purchased by the senior warden, Mr. Newton A. K. Bugbee, 
giving the church thereby a desirable access to the Perry Street 


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HISTORY: OF. ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


corner, and also providing an open space which it is proposed to 
beautify and open to the public as a little community park. 

It is amply evident that this venerable parish has taken on 
a new lease of life, and 1s today fully equipped and organized to 
meet modern needs. 


AN ILLUSTRIOUS PAST——A PROMISING FUTURE 


It may thus be assumed that those at present responsible for 
the direction of its affairs have tacitly given a solemn pledge to 
maintain the traditions of public service which have marked St. 
Michael’s Church in its illustrious history of nearly two centu- 
ries and a quarter. As the first and oldest among the representa- 
tives of Christian institutions in Trenton and the fruitful mother 
of the ten parishes and missions of the Episcopal Church, now 
established within the borders of this ancient town, St. Michael’s 
has a just title to the respect and gratitude of its sister Churches 
and indeed of all those who recognize the value of the religious 
ideal in our common life. 

All Trentonians who take a just pride in the history of their 
city will unite in the fervent wish that this venerable parish may 
continue to flourish and retain its due and proper place among 
the religious and moral agencies which make for a better and 
nobler community life. 


THE PRESENT VESTRY 


The vestry, as elected at the Easter meeting, 1925, is consti- 
tuted as follows: 


Wardens 
Newton A. K. Bugbee Walter P. Wilson 
Vestrymen 
Dr. Edwin H. Ginnelley Dr. James R. Cooper 
James H. Galt (Clerk) Dr. David E. Stretch 
Charles H. Baker (deceased 1926) 
Prof. William Starr Myers William H. Atkinson 
Alfred C. Funk William O. Warren 


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1702-1705 


isa 
1704- 
27125 
1706 


1708 


APPENDIX ‘A 


CHRONOLOGY OF NOTABLE EVENTS IN THE 
PARISH HISTORY 


Early baptisms in the Hopewell Congregation recorded by the Rev. John 
Talbot in Parish Register, St. Mary’s Church, Burlington. 

Deed given for Hopewell Church Property by John Hutchinson. 

First wardens chosen—Thomas Tindall and Robert Eaton. 

““Lycense to Build” granted by Lieut-Gov. Ingoldsby. 

Whitsunday Service in Hopewell Church, the Rev. John Sharpe, officiat- 
ing—the Governor, Lord Cornbury present. 

Queen Anne gives articles to Hopewell Church. 


1745-1747 Property on which St. Michael’s Church stands deeded by John Coxe, 


1747-1748 
1748 
rte 
hog 


Re ge) 
1775 


1776 
1776 
1783 
R192 


I80I 


1812 
1815 


1817 
1818 
1819 
1821 
1823 


1836 


1838 
1843 
1848 
1851 
1853 


son and executor of Colonel Daniel Coxe. Deed unrecorded and lost. 
Church erected on North Warren Street. 

Earliest entry of burial in Parish Register—‘“‘George Higbee.” 

Lottery held to finish Church. 

Earliest entry of marriage in Parish Register. “Hosier McFall to Ann 
Leister,’ 

Mary Trent, widow of Colonel William Trent, buried in the Hopewell 
graveyard, probably beside husband. 

Rector and congregation receive the “thanks” of the Provincial Con- 
gress. 

Church closed and services suspended. 

Church used as barracks by the Hessian troops. 

Church re-opened and services resumed. 

First Charter granted (subsequently missing). 

General Convention of the Episcopal Church held in St. Michael’s 
Church. Bishop Moore consecrated. Thirty-nine Articles established— 
the only General Convention ever held in New Jersey. 

First Confirmation service—Bishop Jarvis of Connecticut officiating. 
Diocesan Convention meeting in St. Michael’s Church elects the First 
Bishop of New Jersey, John Croes. 

First Confirmation service by Bishop Croes. 

Second Charter granted. 

Church rebuilt and consecrated. 

First mention of a Sunday School. 

Burial, Pauline Josephann, infant child of Joseph Bonaparte and “Mrs. 
Holton.” 

Marriage of Prince Charles Lucien Murat and Caroline Georgiana 
Frazier. 

Hopewell Church land sold, reserving ““Tucker’’ burial plot. 

Church repaired and extended. 

St. Paul’s Church organized by parishioners of St. Michael’s. 

Church added to and improved. 

Ownership of Perry Street Sunday School property vested in Corpora- 
tion. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


1858 Trinity Church organized by parishioners of St. Michael’s. 
1862 Extensive improvements made to Church. 

1870 Church practically rebuilt. 

1876 Cornerstone laid of St. Michael’s Chapel on North Clinton Avenue 
(building gift of Samuel K. Wilson). 

1876 First Rectory purchased, No. 48 West State Street. 

1886 Interior of Church completely renovated. 

1886 First vested choir. 

1892 Parish House built (gift Samuel K. Wilson). 

1896 St. Michael’s Chapel becomes an independent parish under the name of 
Grace Church. 

1906 Interior of Church renovated and decorated. 

1908 First Rectory sold. 

1909 Second Rectory purchased, No. 320 West State Street. 

1918 Chapel in St. Michael’s Church rebuilt and beautified. 

1920 Tablet unveiled in memory of James C. De Cou, for fifty years a mem- 
ber of the vestry, and superintendent of the Sunday School. 

1924 Granite slab to memory of David Brearley, erected by Grand Lodge of 
Masons New Jersey. 

1924 Inscriptions on all old torn benones recut. 

19265 Land provided by Newton A. K. Bugbee extending Church property to 


Perry Street corner. 


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fab ng rol pi OAD EBs: 


BISHOPS EXERCISING THEIR OFFICE IN NEW JERSEY 


1702-1925 
The Lord Bishop of London—Ordinary for the Colonial Period. 
The Bishops of New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut—Occasional Ministra- 
tions, 1787-1815. 


DIOCESAN BISHOPS 


Joun CroeEs 1815-1832 

GeorcE WasHINGTON Doane 1832-1859 

Wiiiiam Henry ODENHEIMER 1859-1875 

Joun ScaRBOROUGH 1875-1914 

Paut MatrHews Ig 5- 
BISHOP CO-ADJUTOR 

ALBION WILLIAMSON KNIGHT 1923- 


CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THIRTY-TWO CLERGYMEN 
SERVING THE PARISH 


LORY aS Fo) 


*Missionary tOccasionally 


THE HOPEWELL CHURCH 


170$-1745 
Joun TALBot SUT O51 723 
Joun SHARPE m TL TOS 
THoroucucoop Moore *11705-1707 
Mr. May 
Tuomas HA.Liipay *ti914-1717 
RopertT WALKER *F1GiS-1718 
Wiiiam Harrison *Otge1=1723 
Wiiiiam Linpsay Tigges 


MINISTERS AND RECTORS OF ST. MICHAEL’ S CHURCH 


1750-1925 

MicuHarEt Houpin Ae Or 1757: 

Aucur TREADWELL *1762. Reported April 4, 1763; died, Trenton, 
August 19, 1765. 

WILLIAM THOMSON Elected April 1, 1769; accepted and reported 
May 20, 1769; resigned sometime after April 
P25 1973. ; 

GrorGE PANTON Elected in 1773; reported April 11, 1774? 


Church closed July 7, 1776. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


WILLIAM FRAZER 


Henry VAN DIKE 


Henry WADDELL 


Joun Warp 


REUBEN SHERWOOD 


James MontTGoMERY 


ABIEL CARTER 


Wit.iaM Lupton JoHnson 


FREDERICK BEASLEY 


SAMUEL STARR 


SAMUEL CLEMENTS 


RIcHARD BAcHE DUANE 


EpwArpD WEBSTER APPLETON 


CHRISTOPHER WILKINSON KNAUFF 


Wiviiam Hupe NEILson, Jr. 


11769-1787. 

*July 23, 1787; Rector December 8, 1788; 
reported and instituted December 8, 1788; 
died July 6, 1795. 


October 1, 1795. 


Elected April 14, 1798; accepted April 16, 
1798; instituted May 27, 1798; died January 
20, 1811. 


*February 18—April 29, 1811; Rector July 1, 
1811; reported August 1, 1811; engaged for 
one year; left 1813. 


Elected August 20, 1814; reported August 20, 
1814; resigned December 12, 1815. 


Elected May 19, 1817; accepted June 21, 
1817; reported August 29, 1817?; instituted 
October, 1817; resigned March 13, 1818. 


Elected May 12, 1818; accepted June 11, 
1818; reported July 19, 1818; instituted 
November 18, 1819?; resigned October 20, 
1822. 


Elected December 30, 1822; accepted Janu- 
ary 2, 1823; instituted May 4, 1825; resigned 
February 15, 1830, effective April 1, 1830. 


Elected July 30, 1830; accepted August 5, 
1830; reported August 8, 1830; resigned May 
20, 1836, effective May 22, 1836. 


Elected September 19, 1836; accepted Octo- 
ber 11, 1836; resigned March 23, 1855, effec- 
tive April 1, 1855. 


Elected March 23, 1855; accepted March 29, 
1855; reported May 15, 1855; resigned June 
17, 1858, effective July 1, 1858. 

Elected June 17, 1858; accepted July 13, 
1858; reported September 1, 1858; resigned 
October 10, 1862, accepted November 13, 
1862. 


Elected September 22, 1862; accepted Octo- 
ber 10, 1862; reported November 1, 1862; in- 
stituted December 22, 1862; resigned De- 
cember §, 1865, effective December 14, 1865. 


Elected October 4, 1866; accepted October 
13, 1866; reported November 18, 1866; re- 
signed March 26, 1873, effective April 7, 1873. 


Elected July 9, 1873; accepted July 29, 1873; 
reported October 12, 1873; resigned May 2, 
1889, effective June 1, 1889. 


Date] 


APPENDIX B 


Oscar S. BunTING Accepted September 28, 1889; reported No- 


vember 1, 1889; resigned January 11, 1896, 
effective March 1, 1896. 


W. STROTHER JONES Elected July 9, 1896; accepted July 17, 1896; 
reported October 1, 1896; resigned June 17, 
1908, effective September 1, 1908. 


Tuomas Bonp Ho.tianpD Elected January 26, 1909; accepted January 
29, 1909; reported February 24, 1909; re- 
signed October 3, 1911, effective October 16, 
IgIl. 

Wiv.i1aM Best Eppy Elected December 13, 1911; accepted De- 
cember 26, 1911; reported February 1, 1912; 
resigned June 21, 1919, effective September 
I, 1919. 

SAMUEL STEINMETZ Elected September 16, 1920; accepted Sep- 
tember 26, 1920. 


Pasian 


APPENDIX CG 


ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 189 WARDENS, VESTRYMEN 


AND TRUSTEES WITH TERMS OF SERVICE 
MYR oeRON. ey 


*See biographical sketch 


*ApBoTT, TIMOTHY 
Assotts, WILLIAM, JR. 
*Apams, DuNLAP 
*ALLEN, Isaac 

*ALLEN, JOHN 
ANDERSON, WILLIAM C, 
APPLETON, ABRAHAM 
*ATKINSON, WILLIAM H. 
*AXFORD, CHARLES 


*AXFORD, CHARLES, JR. 
*Baker, CHARLES H. 
Baker, Loos 

*BaRNES, JOHN 

*BarneEs, THOMAS 

Brrp, CoLone Josiau N. 
*BLACKFAN, OGDEN W. 


*BLACKWELL, JONATHAN H. 


*Biopcett, WILLiAM L, 
*BopDINE, JOSEPH L. 
*Bonp, Evijau 
Bowen, JAMES 
*BREARLEY, DavipD 
BreEARLEY, Davin H. 
Brown, WILiIAM A. 
BuckKNnuM, JOHN 
*BucBee, Newron A. K. 
Cain, THOMAS 
CANNON, WILLIAM 
Carr 


*Carr, Exias F. 


CLARK, JAMEs S. 
*CLAYPOOLE, ABRAHAM G. 
*CLUNN, JOHN 
*CLYMER, HENRY 

Co..Lins 
*Cookx, Epmunp D. 


VESTRY 
1877-1882 
1919 
vA intake i bon 
i A atta hd 
1754-1763 
1887-1888 
1785-1793 
1918—- 
1754-17745 
1783-1785 
1761-1801 
IgOI- 
1813-1814 
1761-1776 
1763-1774 

1844-1848 
1859-1872 
1897-1919 
1909-1919 
1883-1888 
1754-1783 
1788 


1810-1813 
1813-1814 
1820-1824 
1903- 
1843-1848 
1783 

Ei iieea wis 
1775-1776 
1899-1912; 
1916-1918 
1889-1898 
pei Ne 
1785-1790 
1820 

1776 


1900 


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WARDENS 


1770; 1776 


1763-17643 1773 


1871-1872 


1776 


1785-1790 


Ig18- 


1902-19123 
1916-1918 


TRUSTEES 


1800-1803 


*Cooper, JAMES R. 


*CoTrnaM, ABRAHAM 
*CoxeE, Daniet, III 
*Coxe, Daniet, IV 
*Cox, JOHN 
CRroxALL, CHARLES 
*Dacwortuy, JOHN 
*Davis, Dr. James M. 
*Dr Cou, Isaac 
*Der Cou, James C, 
*De Kiyn, Barnt 


*Dickinson, PHILEMON 


*Ditt, Joun R. 
Douctass, JOHN 
Dowers, JOHN 
Doy Le, SYLVESTER 

*EMERSON, JAMES 

*ENGLISH, AMBROSE W, 


FistTER, PHILIP 


*FisH, JONATHAN S. 
Frazer, CHARLES C, 
FRAZER, COLIN 
FREESE, Jacos R. 
FRISBEE, JOHN J. 

*Funk, ALFRED C. 

*GaLt, James H. 

*GINNELLEY, Epwin H. 

*GILL, ALBERT L. 


*GLENTWORTH, Dr. PLunket F. 


*GorDON, THOMAS 

*Grant, Dr. Epwarp I. 
Grant, Georce W. 

*HALSTED, WILLIAM, JR. 


*Hancock, WILLIAM 
*HarRISON, CHARLES 


*HENDRICKSON, FRANKLIN 
HEsTeEr, JAcos 


*HeEwitTT, CHARLES 


APPENDIX C 


VESTRY 
1894-1899; 
1920- 
1761-1775 
Previous to 1758 
1765-1776 
1785-1790 
1798-1801 
1754-1755 
1849-1873 
1784-1787 
1868-1917 
17855 1787; 
1791-1794; 1801 
1830-1836; 
1844-1845 
1837-1870 
1785-1786 


1801 
1775-1783 
1873-1880; 
1885-1886 
1785-1791; 
1794-1801 
1850-1867 
1823-1836 
1810-1814 
1874-1877 
1842 
Ig17- 
Igig- 
1920- 
1892-1901; 
1903-1915 
1820-1824; 
1827 
1821-1825 
1860-1870 
1883-1891 
1822-1824; 
1828-1853 
1881-1890 
772717743 
1776 
IgI3-1918; 
1920 
1810-1824; 
1826-1829 
1859-1860; 
1878-1879 


ERG RES 


WARDENS TRUSTEES 
1765-1769; 1771 
1800 
1853-1873 
1783; 1788-1794 
1891-1917 
1801 
1807 
1801-1809 
1913-1915 
1820-1824 
1822-1825 
1837-1852 
Ths 
1808-1809 


HISTORY) OF (ST, (MICHAEL'S (CHURCH 


*HIGBEE, CHARLES 


*HicBEE, Josepn, II 
*HIcBEE, Josepu, II] 


*HiLtson, CLEVELAND 
*Horr, Joun D. 
HOoLLiInsHEAD, JOSHUA 


*Hooper, Rosert Letts, II 


*Hooper, Rosert Lettis, III 


*Hooper, ROETERS 
*How, MicajaH 


Howartu, Harry 
*HoweE, RoswELi 


*HoweELL, RIcHARD 
Humpureys, WILLIAM 
*Hunt, PEARSON 


*Hunt, WESTLEY P. 


InGRAM, THOMAS 
Jenkins, WESTON 
JouNsoN, JAMES 
*Jounson, THomas W. 
Kean, HENRY 


KEAN, JOHN 
*KeRwoop, WILLIAM 


*KirBy, Dr. Joun 
KLINGLE, GEORGE 
Lesie, WILLIAM J. 
McCutty, THomMAsS 


*McItvaine, WILLIAM R. 


*MEREDITH, SAMUEL 
*MERSHON, JOHN 
Minor, GeorceE W. 
Moses, ArTHuR G. 
*MoseEs, JAMES 

*Moses, JOHN 

Mort, Joun 

*Murpuy, JAMES 
*Murpny, Joun L. 
*Myers, WILLIAM STARR 


VESTRY 


1810-1815; 
1819; 1821; 
1825 

1761-1763 
1807-1826 


1884-1888 
1900-1906 
1837-1842 
1761-1765; 
MarR TT Ss 
1775-1776 
1783-1793 
1761 

1764-1783; 
1791 

IgIg 

1849-1870 


IGS 193 
1815-1818 


1810-1820; 
1822-1824 
1826-1837; 
1853-1858 
1889-1899 
1887-1899 
1819 
1872-1893 
1792-1801; 
1813-1814 
1793-1796 
1815-1827; 
1836-1839 
1889-1896 


1817-1818 
1862-1867; 
1871-1874 
1770; 1810-1814 
1822-1842 


1902-1908 
1880-1883 
187I-IgOI 
1819-1824 
1862-1891 
1899-1900 
I9g21I-— 


a1 Our 


WARDENS TRUSTEES 


1817-1818; 1807 
1821; 1825 


1807; 1819-1820 
1825-1826 


1'7G471 7015 
1774 


1765 


1850-1856; 
1859-1870 


1827-1837 


1808-1809 
1819; 1826; 
1836 

1805-1807 

1808-1809 
1872-1874 

1807-1809 
1837-1842 

1808-1809 
IgOI 
1873-1891 


Norton, RALPH 
NuGEntT, Joun L, 
*OGDEN, COLONEL SAMUEL 
Oram, JAMES 


OsBorngE, J H. 
PaRHAM, SAMUEL P. 
Parsons, JouN L. 
Patterson, Cuar.es L. 
*Paxson, Stacy A. 
*PEARSON, CHARLES L. 
PEARSON, GEORGE 
*Prearson, Isaac 


PEARSON, JOHN 
*PEARSON, ROBERT 


Pearson, WILLIAM 


Pearson, WILLIAM 
*PIDGEON, WILLIAM 


*POLHEMUS, JOHN 
Ramsey, WILLIAM 
*READ, JOHN 


Reyno_tps, Evan 
*RHEA, JONATHAN 
Rickey, RANDALL 
Rippon, WILLIAM 
*RossELL, CLirrorp B. 
*RossELL, ZACHARIAH 
*RUTHERFORD, JOHN 
Ryno, Epuraim 
*SADLER, WILBUR F., JR. 
SALTAR, JOSEPH 
*SALTAR, RICHARD 
SANFORD, ALVAN 
ScARBOROUGH, J. Harvey 
SCATTERGOOD, SAMUEL B, 
*ScuDDER, HENDERSON G. 


ScuppDErR, Henry D. 
*SHREVE, E. MERCER 
SINGER, JOHN 


SINGER, ROBERT 
*STELLE, PoNnTIUS 
*STELLE, Pontius D. 


APPENDIX C 


VESTRY 


1760-1765 


1789-1791 
1810-1811 


1861 

1854-1858 
1892-1898 
Igo6—Ig12 
1847 

1847-1848 
1800-1801 
Ijy61-170¢ ; 
1773-1776 
1796-1801 
1764-1790; 
1800-1801; 
1810-1811 
1794-1801; 
1810-1814 
1849-1853 
1754-1760; 
1770-1775 
1788-1791 
1815 

1842-1845; 
1849 

1798-1800 
1794-1795 
1846 

1792-1800 
1875-1880 
1817-1826 


1820-1822 
1913-1916 
1763-1765 
1761 
1839-1841 
IgOO-I1g912 
1843 
1860-1872; 
1881-1882 
1884-1899 
1871-1884 
1783; 
1786-1791 
1783 
1763-1765 
T794-1799 


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WARDENS TRUSTEES 
1808-1809 
1804-1806; 
1808-1809 

1857-1858 

i ceed i ke 

1775 1800-1809 

1815 1801-1809 

1761 

1842-1845; 

1849 

1796-1814 1802-1806 
1804 

1800-1806 1802-1806 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


*STEVENS, JAMES A. 
STEVENS, JOHN G. 


STOCKTON, JOHN 
*STRETCH, Davip E. 
*STRYKER, SAMUEL S. 
TAYLOR 


TEALE, PETER 
TuHompson, JOHN R. 
Tuompson, JosepH I. 
TuHRockMortToNnN, RICHARD 
THROCKMORTON, SAMUEL 
*THROP, SAMUEL W. 
Tomkins, CHARLES 
*TRENT, WILLIAM 
*TYRRELL, JOSEPH 
VANDERGRIFT, JOHN 


VANDERGRIFT, JOSEPH 


*Vroom, Garret D. W. 


WabDELL, Henry L. 
*WALKER, EDWIN ROBERT 


*WaLL, Garret D. 
*WARRELL, JosepH, | 
*WARRELL, JosepnH, II 
*WARREN, WILLIAM O. 
WATERMAN, BENONI 
WEEDEN, CLaupius P. 


*WILKINSON, FREDERICK R. 


*WILLIAMS, RENSSELAER 


*WILSON, SAMUEL K. 
*Wiison, WALTER P. 
WITHERUP, ALEXANDER 


*Witt, FRANCIS 
*Woop, JOSEPH 
*Wooprurr, GEORGE 


Wooprurr, P. Houston 
YARDLEY, CouRTLAND 


VESTRY 


1815-1819 
1860-1861; 


1873 


1920-1925 
1828-1871 
1775-1776 


1796-1797 
18ig-1821 
1817-1819 
ab hla tc Ed 
1785-1786 
1913-1916 
1787-17g1 
1783 
1847-1848 
1792-17943 
1797-1801 
1788-1789; 
E792 VSS 5 
1796-1801 
1872-1873; 
18g99-Ig12 
1815-1824 
IgI2-1g918; 
1920-1922 
1817-1824 
1754-1755 


Agt So” 


18g99-I911 
1868-1876 


Ly Orta 4 


1860-1900 
1917- 
1813-1814; 
1817-1819 
1783-1787 
1837-1843 
ISTQB TS s 
1820-1822; 
1824-1826; 
1827-1835 
1873-1886 
1846 


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WARDENS 


1817-1818 


1847-1848 


1774 


1733; 
1785-1787 
1875-1900 


ee bes 


1827-1835 


1846 


TRUSTEES 


1801 


July 
May 


Sept. 


June 
June 
June 


tjune 


June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
June 
tJune 
June 


Aug. 


June 


Oct. 


June 
June 
June 
June 
June 


Dec. 


AL eNO AND 


CONVENTIONS OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY 
1785-1925 


WITH NAMES OF DELEGATES FROM ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH. TAKEN FROM THE 
JOURNALS OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY 


*Recorded as present 
tConventions held in St. Michael’s Church 


6,1785 (ist sitting) No delegates 
16,1786 (2ndsitting) John Douglass* 
27,1786 (3rd sitting) 

David Brearley* 
John Cox* 

6,1787 No delegates 

4, 1788 No delegates 

3, 1789 Samuel Ogden* 

John Cox* 

2,1790 Samuel Ogden* 

John Cox* 

1,1791 No delegates 

6, 1792 Charles Axford* 

5,1793 No delegates 

4,1794 Abraham G. Claypoole* 

3, 1795 Jonathan Rhea* 

1, 1796 No delegates 

2,1797 Abraham G. Claypoole* 

6,1798 No delegates 

15,1798 (Adjourned convention) 

Election of the Rev. Uzal 
Ogden, D.D., as Bishop of 
New Jersey. General Con- 
vention refused to confirm 
the election 

John Vandergrift* 

$,1799 Abraham G. Claypoole* 
16, 1799 (Special convention) 

No delegates 

4, 1800 William Pearson* 

3, 1801 No delegates 

2, 1802 No delegates 

1, 1803 No delegates 

6, 1804 No delegates 
19, 1804 (Special Convention) 

To consider disagreement 
between the Rev. Uzal 
Ogden, rector of Trinity 


June 
May 
May 
June 
May 
{May 


May 


May 
May 
May 


May 
tAug. 


Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 


Aug. 
Aug. 


tAug. 


Leto 


Church, Newark, and his 
congregation. No delegates 
5, 1805 No delegates 
29, 1806 No delegates 
28, 1807 No delegates 
8, 1808 No delegates 
30, 1809 Charles Higbee* 
30, 1810 Charles Higbee* 
Jacob Hester* 
Joseph Higbee* 
James Oram* 
William Pearson* 
Jonathan Rhea* 
1, 1811 William Pearson* 
Jonathan Rhea* 
6,1812 No delegates 
5, 1813 No delegates 
4, 1814 Loos Baker* 
Jonathan Rhea* 
3,181§ No delegates 
30, 1815 Mr. Charles Higbee* 
Mr. James A. Stevens* 
(Election of the Rev. John 
Croes as the First Bishop 
of New Jersey) 
28, 1816 No delegates 
20,1817 Mr. Charles Higbee* 
19,1818 Mr. Joseph Higbee* 
18,1819 No delegates 
23, 1820 No delegates 
22,1821 Dr. P. F. Glentworth* 
Mr. Charles Higbee* 
21,1822 Dr. P. F. Glentworth* 
20, 1823 Dr. P. F. Glentworth* 
William Halsted, Jr., Esq.* 
18,1824 Dr. P. F. Glentworth* 
Thomas Gordon, Esq.* 
William Halsted, Esq.* 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


May 25,1825 Mr. Charles C. Frazer* 

May 31,1826 Zachariah Rossell, Esq.* 

May 30, 1827 No delegates 

May 28, 1828 George Woodruff, Esq.* 
Mr. Charles Frazer* 

May 27,1829 Mr. Charles Frazer* 

May 26, 1830 No delegates 

May 25, 1831 Thomas Gordon, Esq.* 

May 30, 1832 George Woodruff, Esq.* 
William Halsted, Esq.* 

Oct. 3, 1832 (Adiourned convention) 
(Election of the Rev. 
George Washington Doane 
as Second Bishop of New 
Jersey) 
William Halsted, Esq.* 
George Woodruff* 
J. D. Westcott* 

May 29, 1833 No delegates 

May 28,1834 No delegates 

May 27,1835 Charles C. Frazer* 
George Woodruff 
William Halstead 
James D. Westcott 

May 25, 1836 No delegates 

May 31, 1837 Joshua Hollinshead* 
John Mershon* 

May 30, 1838 Charles C. Frazer* 

May 29, 1839 Hon. William Halsted* 

May 27,1840 No delegates 

May 26, 1841 No delegates 

May 25,1842 Joseph Wood* 

May 31, 1843 John Read* 
William Halstead* 
Joseph Wood* 
Thomas Cain* 

May 29,1844 No delegates 

May 28,1845 William Halstead* 
Charles L. Pearson* 
Thomas Cain* 

May 27, 1846 No delegates 

May 26,1847 Joseph Tyrrell* 
Thomas Cain* 

May 31,1848 William Halsted* 

May 30,1849 William Halsted* 
Samuel S. Stryker* 
Rossell Howe* 
Jonathan S. Fish* 
Joseph Tyrrell* 

May 29, 1850 William Halsted* 
Roswell Howe 
Samuel S. Stryker* 


John R. Dill 
Marvin Davis 
Jonathan S. Fish 
William Pearson 
Joseph Tyrrell 
Alfred S. Livingston 
Charles L. Pearson 
Patrick H. Woodruff 
May 28, 1851 Samuel S. Stryker* 
Jonathan S. Fish* 
William Halsted* 
Roswell Howe 
John R. Dill 
Allison E. Perrine* 
Josiah N. Bird 
Alfred S. Livingston 
Marvin Davis 
Charles L. Pearson 
Henry Taylor 
Mar. 17,1852 (Special convention) 
No delegates 
May 26, 1852 William Halsted* 
Roswell Howe 
S. S. Stryker* 
John R. Dill 
Jonathan S. Fish 
J. M. Davis* 
William Pearson 
C. C. Haven 
R. H. Shreve 
John S. Taylor 
John G. Stevens 
Oct. 27,1852 Special convention to hear 
the report of the committee 
appointed to investigate 
the charges against Bishop 
Doane in respect to his con- 
duct of the affairs of Bur- 
lington College 
William Halsted* 
May 25,1853 No delegates 
May 31,1854 No delegates 
May 30,1855 No delegates 
May 28,1856 R. Howe 


J. M. Davis 
W. Halsted* 
W. P. Hunt 
S.S. Stryker 
J.R. Dill 
J.S. Fish 

S. P. Parham 


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APPENDIX D 


Charles L. Pearson 
Samuel K. Wilson 
Wm. J. Shreve 
Randall Rickey 
Charles Hewitt 
May 26,1858 Samuel S. Stryker 
John R. Dill* 
William Halsted 
Roswell Howe* 
William J. Shreve 
May 25,1859 (Election of the Rev. Wil- 
Jiam Henry Odenheimer as 
Third Bishop of New 
Jersey) 
Wm. Halsted* 
Roswell Howe 
John R. Dill* 
Samuel S. Stryker* 
Samuel K. Wilson 
June 30, 1860 William Halsted* 
John R. Dill* 
Ogden W. Blackfan* 
May 29, 1861 William Halsted* 
John R. Dill* 
Charles H. Wevill* 
May 28, 1862 Samuel K. Wilson 
William R. MclIlvaine* 
Charles H. Wevill* 
May 27, 1863 Samuel K. Wilson* 
Frederick R. Wilkinson* 
John R. Dill 
May 25, 1864 Samuel K. Wilson* 
Samuel S. Stryker* 
Timothy West 
May 31,1865 Samuel K. Wilson* 
Samuel S. Stryker 
John R. Dill* 
May 30, 1866 Samuel K. Wilson* 
Col. J. R. Freese* 
James C. DeCou* 
May 29, 1867 E. I. Grant, M.D. 
JPReDillt 
O. W. Blackfan* 
May 27, 1868 J. Marvin Davis, M.D. 
James C. DeCou* 
Jacob R. Freese* 
May 25,1869 William R. MclIlvaine* 
FE. Mercer Shreve 
James C. DeCou* 
May 31, 1870 Samuel K. Wilson 
John R. Dill 
James C. DeCou* 


May 30, 1871 Samuel K. Wilson* 
Augustus R. Montgomery* 
James C. DeCou* 
May 28, 1872 Henderson G. Scudder* 
O. W. Blackfan* 
James C,. DeCou* 
May 27,1873 James C. DeCou* 
E.. Mercer Shreve* 
Jacob R. Freese* 
May 26,1874 James C. DeCou* 
Wm. R. Mcllvaine* 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
Nov. 12, 1874 (Special convention) 
(Election of the Rev. John 
Scarborough as Fourth 
Bishop of New Jersey) 
William R. MclIlvaine* 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
May 25,1875 Jacob R. Freese* 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
TMay 30, 1876 Jacob R. Freese* 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
May 29, 1877 Jacob R. Freese* 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
May 28,1878 Charles Hewitt* 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C, DeCou* 
May 27,1879 Charles Hewitt* 
Samuel K. Wilson 
James C. DeCou* 
May 25,1880 Charles P. Smith* 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
tMay 31, 1881 Charles P. Smith* 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
May 30, 1882 Charles P. Smith 
Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
May 8,1883 Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
Wm. C. Anderson 
May 6,1884 Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
E. Mercer Shreve 
May 5,1885 Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D. 


br g2ne] 


May 


May 


HISTORY OF ST. 


4, 1886 Samuel K. Wilson 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D. 

3, 1887 Samuel K. Wilson 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D.* 

8, 1888 Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D.* 

7, 1889 Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D.* 

6, 1890 Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D. 

5, 1891 Samuel K. Wilson* 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D.* 

3, 1892 Samuel K. Wilson 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D.* 

9, 1893 Samuel K. Wilson 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D.* 

8, 1894 Weston Jenkins* 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D.* 

7,1895 Henry D. Scudder* 
James C. DeCou* 
John Kirby, M.D.* 

5, 1896 John Kirby 
James C. DeCou* 
Weston Jenkins* 

4, 1897 Henry D. Scudder* 
James C. DeCou* 
Weston Jenkins* 

3, 1898 Henry D. Scudder* 
James C. DeCou* 
Weston Jenkins* 

g, 1899 Henry D. Scudder* 
James C. DeCou* 
Weston Jenkins* 

8, 1900 S. K. Wilson 
James C. DeCou* 
J. H. Scarborough* 

7,1g01 James C. DeCou* 
John Moses* 
Albert L. Gill 


13, 1902 James C. DeCou* 


Elias F. Carr* 
Albert L. Gill* 
§, 1903 James C. DeCou* 


MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


Elias F. Carr* 
Albert L. Gill 


May 3, 1904 James C. DeCou* 


Elias F. Carr* 
Albert L. Gill* 


May 9, 1905 James C. DeCou* 


May 


Elias F. Carr* 
Albert L. Gill 

8, 1906 James C, DeCou* 
Elias F. Carr* 
Albert L. Gill* 


tMay 14, 1907 James C. DeCou* 


Elias F. Carr* 
Albert L. Gill* 


May 5, 1908 James C. DeCou* 


May 


Elias F. Carr 
Albert L. Gill 
4, 1909 James C. DeCou* 
Elias F. Carr* 
Albert L. Gill* 


May 10, 1910 James C. DeCou* 


May 
May 
May 


{May 


Oct. 


May 


May 


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Elias F. Carr* 

Albert L. Gill* 
9, 1911 James C. DeCou* 

Albert L. Gill* 

J. H. Scarborough* 
7,1912 James C. DeCou* 

C. L. Patterson* 

J. Harvey Scarborough* 
6, 1913 James C. DeCou* 

Albert L. Gill* 

Newton A. K. Bugbee 
5, 1914 (Election of the Rt. Rev. 
Charles H. Brent as Bishop 
of New Jersey. He de- 
clined) 
James C. DeCou* 
William L. Blodgett 
Newton A. K. Bugbee 
(Special convention) 
(Election of the Very Rev. 
Paul Matthews as Fifth 
Bishop of New Jersey) 
James C. DeCou* 
William L. Blodgett* 
Newton A. K. Bugbee* 
James C. DeCou* 
William L. Blodgett 
Newton A. K. Bugbee 
9, 1916 James C. DeCou 

Newton A. K. Bugbee* 

Dr. Bubs Car 


7» 1914 


4, 1915 


APPENDIX D 
May 9,1922 James H. Galt* 


May 8, 1917 Laaara ss DeCou 
Dr. E. F. Carr* 


Franklin Hendrickson* 


May 14,1918 Newton A. K. Bugbee 
Walter P. Wilson 
Franklin Hendrickson 
May 6,1919 Newton A. K. Bugbee 
David E. Stretch* 
Walter P. Wilson 
May 4,1920 E.R. Walker 
Franklin Hendrickson 
David E. Stretch 
May 11,1921 Newton A. K. Bugbee 
W. Starr Myers* 
James H. Galt* 
Walter P. Wilson 
TOct. 18,1921 (Special convention) 
Newton A. K. Bugbee 
Walter P. Wilson* 
James H. Galt* 
William Starr Myers* 


May 15, 1923 


Oct. 


May 


tMay 


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9, 1923 


6, 1924 


Ait 92s 


Dr. David E. Stretch* 

N. A. K. Bugbee* 

Walter P. Wilson* 

James H. Galt* 

William Starr Myers* 
(Special convention) 
(Election of the Rt. Rev. 
Albion W. Knight as bish- 
op-coadjutor) 

Newton A. K. Bugbee* 
Walter P. Wilson* 

William Starr Myers* 
James H. Galt* 

N. A. K. Bugbee* 

12H: Galt* 

Si B. Davies* 

Dr, E. H. Ginnelley* 

W.S. Myers* 

W. P. Wilson* 


A723 


1728 


APPENDIX E 


DEEDS, LEGACIES, TRUST FUNDS AND BUILDINGS 


John Hutchinson—Deed for two acres of ground for the “Hopewell 


Church.” 
George Willocks—Proceeds ot sale of land in Monmouth County. 


1745-1747 John Coxe—Deed for land on which St. Michael’s Church stands. 


1784 
1786 
1789 
1792 
1839 
1853 


1860 
1860 
1876 
1877 
1888 


1890 
18gI 
1892 
1892 
1896 


Samuel Henry—Legacy £300. 

Elijah Bond—Legacy, trust fund, £500 for rector’s salary. 
Samuel Tucker—Legacy £30. 

Samuel Adams “Free black man” —Legacy £3. 

Elisha Gordon—Ten graveyard lots in “Trenton Cemetery.” 


Trustees of the Sunday School Society—Deed for the Perry Street 
Property. 


Joseph Tyrrell—Legacy for Sunday school purposes $250.00. 
Joseph Wood—Legacy $100.00. 

Samuel K. Wilson—Chapel building on North Clinton Avenue. 
James M. Davis and wife—Deed for Chestnut Avenue property. 


Charlotte N. McIntosh—Legacy $2100.00, of which $500.00 for Sunday 
School. 


Katurah T. Steward through her daughter, Anna E. Foster—$1000.00. 
Sarah L. Wilkinson—Legacy $500.00. 

Elizabeth A. Smith—Trust Fund for Poor $3000.00. 

Samuel K. Wilson—Parish house building. 

Catherine M. Brearley—Legacy $1000.00 for Sunday School. 


1897-1903 Samuel B. Stafford—Legacy, various sums about $1200.00. 


1899 
1903 
1921 


1922 


1925 


Emma M. Titus—Legacy $5000.00. 
Elizabeth L. Walburg—Legacy $1000.00. 


Bishop’s Residence Trust Fund $14,672.31. For missionary work in 
Mercer County. 


Mary F. Murphy—Legacy $10,000.00. 


Newton A. K. Bugbee—Plot of ground extending Church property to 
Perry Street. 
Anna M. Stockton—Trust fund $50.00 for altar purposes. 


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ARRBEN DEX, .B 


A LIST OF GIFTS, TABLETS AND MEMORIALS 
IN ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Approximate 1708-1926 
Date 
1708—4rticles for the Hopewell Church (not in present possession). Queen 
Anne. 


No date—Silver Flagon and Plate. Early period. 
1765—Silver Alms Plate. Made by “Magdalen Felin.” London. Abigail Coxe, 


1765—Church Bell. Charles Coxe. Carried away during the Revolutionary 
War. 


1822—Tablet. In memory of / General Jonathan Rhea / who died February 
3rd, 1815 / aged 56 years. / Maria Matilda / wife of / Gen. Jonathan 
Rhea / who died June 11th, 1800 / aged 37 years. / Mary, daughter 
of / Gen’! Jonathan & Maria Rhea / & wife of Garret D. Wall, Esq. 
/ who died March 27th, 1822 / aged 34 years. / Anthony Rutgers 
Rhea / son of / Gen’! Jonathan & Maria Rhea / Born November 7th, 
1794 / Died August 14th, 1795. / 

1825—Tablet in vestibule. “Memory Doctor John Browne, who departed 
Life May ye 11th, In the 7oth yer of his Age. Born in Northampton, 
Old England & Educated in London. The soul and body which he 
wore to God he Freely did Restore to keep it as he did Before. This 
stone was removed from the family seat on the Banks of the Delaware 
by his grand-daughter Lucy Jarvis and placed here by his great grand- 
daughter Elizabeth Lawrence Higbee 1825.” 


1838—Marble Font. “Our Mother—Elizabeth Lawrence Higbee 1773-1838.” 

1853—Silver Alms Plate. ““Felin” pattern. “Lucy Ann Higbee, Ob. April 29, 
BEE as 

1853—Tablet. “Charles Higbee, Jan. 12, 1769-Feb. 14, 1841. Wife Charlotte 
Mch. 31, 1786—June 13, 1851.” Erected by Vestry. 

1863—Silver Flagon. 2 chalices, spoon.—Anon. 

1865—Brass Baptismal Ewer. “Joseph Crowell Hoff, born Jan. 7th, died 
Aug. 20, 1865.” 

1896—Brass Book Stand. “Easter 1906.”—Anon. 

1899—Communion Table, “Robt. F. Stockton, Jr., died 1864.” Cross. “Robert 
Field Stockton, born Jan. 22, 1832, died May 4, 1898.” Vase, “Wm. 
Woodburne Stockton, May 16, 1872—July 10, 1874.” Vase, “Mary 
Stockton Beasley, Nov. 15, 1857—Feb. 18, 1881.” By Mrs. Robt. F. 
Stockton. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


1899—Framed Portrait of Bishop Benjamin Moore. Consecrated St. Michael’s 
Church 1801. By Miss Rachel Hooper. 


1906—Lecturn Bible. “Josiah H. D. & Frances P. Smoot, of Alexandria, Va., 
Easter 1906 by Mrs. Wm. Strother Jones in Memory of Father and 
Mother.” 

1906—Chancel Prayer Books &§ Hymnals (2) “King’s Daughters” 1906. 
“Charles F. Pearson, Easter 1906” by Mrs. Chas. M. Pearson. 

1906—Aisle Window. Memory “Matilda M. Vroom, Charlotta D., Gou- 


veneur R. and Margaret G. Vroom 1906.” By G. D. W. Vroom and 
Mrs. Vroom. 


1906—Altar Prayer Book. “Memory Emeline Merritt Johnson, Easter 1906.” 


1906—Altar Prayer Book &@ Hymnal. “Beulah H. Paul, Easter 1906 by 
Charlotte B. Ale in Memory of Mother.” 


1906—Altar Prayer Book. “Julia S. Atkinson, Easter 1906.” By Mrs. Clara 
M. Ely, daughter. 


1908—Brass Alms Basin. “Memory Rev. Oscar S. Bunting, Rector St. 
Michael’s Church, Dec. 25, 1908, gift of G. D. W. Vroom, Charlotte 
D. Vroom, Peter D. Vroom.” 


1909—Silver Paten. “Memory Emeline Merritt Johnson by her Sister, Louise 
Merritt Van Kirk, Easter 1909.” 


1916—Laces for “Fair Linen” by Mary Winder. 


1916—Brass Lecturn Light. “In Memory of Robert and Elizabeth Maguire 
by daughter Fannie Maguire.” 


1918—Brass Pulpit Light. Gift of Miriam W. Nicklin. 


1918—Altar Frontals, green and purple, by Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Funk, and Mr. 
& Mrs. Wm. H. Blodgett. 


1920—Bronze Tablet. “To the Glory of God, and in loving Memory of James 
Clarke DeCou 1839-1917. A member of the Vestry of this Church 
and Superintendent of the Sunday School for 50 years. Junior Warden 
1891-1901. Senior Warden 1901-1917.” 


”» 


1922— Aisle Window. Memory “Frances Hodgson McCullough 1853-1922. 
By William G. McCullough. 


1923—Aisle Window. Memory “Mary Taylor Murphy 1860-1921; Irene 
Murphy 1862-1920.” By the Vestry. 


1923—T hree-Manual Pipe Organ. In memory of William Hancock and his 
two daughters, Mrs. Salina A. Toms and Mrs. William E. Bissell, by 
Mr. and Mrs. Newton A. K. Bugbee. 


1924—Silver Breads Box. “Memory Rev. W. Strother Jones, D.D., Rector 
St. Michael’s Church 1896-1908 by Dr. & Mrs. E. H. Ginnelley.” 


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APPENDIX F 


1924—2 Silver Alms Plates. “¥elin” pattern—Caldwell. “Memory John 
Ellis and Calebbina Emlia Painter, 1840-1887 and 1845-1908 by 
Dr. & Mrs. E. H. Ginnelley.” 


1924—Litany Book. “Louis Cooper, died Oct. 23, 1923. By his son Frank H. 
Cooper.” 


192$—Silver Chalice and Paten, Caldwell. “Memory Josephine R. Colkitt, 
who entered Life Eternal Nov. 2nd, 1922, by daughter” (Mrs. Paul 
Traub). 


1926—Pair Brass Altar Vases. “In Memory of Richard Hopwood born June 
7th, 1867, died Feb. 24, 1918, by wife Mary E. Hopwood.” 


1926—Aisle Window. “In Memory of James Murphy 1825-1891; Emily A. 
Murphy 1827-1912; Edward Appleton Murphy 1862-1924.” By 
Mrs. Randolph Jay. 


IN CHAPEL AS RENOVATED 1918 
1918—Bishop and Rector’s Chairs. Probably used in Second Church building. 


1918—Chancel complete. 2 Kempe glass Windows, Altar, Cross, 2 Vases, 
Prayer and Hymnal, Altar Book and Stand, Alms Basin, Frontals and 
Fair Linen, Rail and Lights in Memory of Margaret Whittaker, 
March 13th, 1gog. Dedicated 1918. Presented by her niece Emma 
Chambers. 


1901—Cadinet Organ. Gift of Margaret Whittaker. 


1918—Aisle Window, Kempe Glass. “Memory of Henry James Nicklin, 
1842-1913 by his wife Miriam W. Nicklin.” 

1918—Aisle Window, Kempe Glass. “Memory John Little Murphy, June 19, 
1828-May 4, 1900. Sara Briggs Murphy, Jan. 26, 1838—June 27, Ig15. 
By Daughters Mary and Irene Murphy.” 


1915—Litany Desk and Prayer Book. “Memory Charlotte Bradshaw Ale, 
Oct. 16, 1915 by St. Michael’s Church Chapter.” 


1909—Entrance Doors. “Memory Emeline Merritt Johnson Oct. 27, 1841- 
Nov. 8, 1908.” By Emma Chambers. 


1909—Side Door. “Memory Eliza Carter Freeman died Feb. 16, 1908.” By 
Emma Chambers. 


1916—Bible. “In memory of Susan Weart Blackwell Nov. 30, 1916.” By 
Mrs. Henry C. Blackwell. 


eed 


APPENDIX G 


1. TEXT OF DEED GIVEN BY JOHN HUTCHINSON TO 
THE HOPEWELL CHURCH CONGREGATION 


SECRETARY OF STATE—DEEDS AAA, P. 10§ 
April 20, 1703 

THIS INDENTUBRE the twentieth Day of the Second Month Called Aprill 
in the Second Year of our Sovereigne Lady Ann over England our Queen and 
in the Year of our Lord According to the Computacon Used in England One 
thousand Seven hundred and three—Between John Hutchinson of hopewell 
in the County of Burlington and province of West New Jersey Yeoman on 
the One part and Andrew Heath Richard Eyre Abiell Davis and Zebulon 
Heston of the same town County and Province of West New Jersey Afore- 
said Yeoman on the other part 

WITNESSETH that the Said John Hutchinson for and in Consideracon of 
the Sum of tenn pounds Current Silver Money of West New Jersey Aforesaid 
unto him the said John Hutchinson in hand paid by the Said Andrew Heath 
Richard Eayre Abiell Davis and Zebulon Heston at or before the Sealing and 
Delivery hereof The receipt whereof he the said John Hutchinson Doth 
hereby own and acknowledge and thereof and of every part and percle 
thereof Doth hereby Acquitt releas Exonerate and Discharge the Said 
Andrew Heath Richard Eayre Abiell Davis and Zebulon Heston them and 
every of them ther heirs Ex'S and Administrators of them and every of them 
forever by these presents Hath Given Granted Bargained Sold Alience 
Enfeoffed released & Confirmd and by these presents Doth fully Clearly and 
Absolutely Give grant bargaine Sell Aliene Enfeoffe release and Confirme 
unto the Said Andrew Heath Richard Eayre Abiell Davis and Zebulon Hes- 
ton their heirs and Assignes forever a Certaine peice of Land Lyeing Near to 
the Lands of the Said Andrew Heath on the Easterly Side of the High Way 
Leading between the house of Said John Hutchinson & Said Andrew Heath 
as it Was Surveyed and Laid Out on the Seventh Day of this Instant Aprill 
Anno 1703 (that is to Say beginning at A black Oak tree Standing on the 
Eastern Side of the said Highway & goes thence three and thirty Degrees to 
the Eastward of the South four Chaines to Some Small Hickery Sapling then 
Northeasterly Sixty Seven Degrees five Chaines to A post then Northwest- 
erly thirty three Degrees four Chaines to Another post then South Westerly 
five Chaines to the first beginning Containing two Acres of Land With free 
Liberty of Egress and regresse on the South west Side of Said Land from the 
Said Highway to y¢ Land and from the Said Land to the High Way att all times 
forever Together with all the Mines Mineralls Woods and all other profitts 
Comodity and hereditaments Whatsoever unto the Same belonging or in Any 
wise Appertaineing with all the Estate Right title Interest property Clayme 


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& Demand Whatsoever of him the said John Hutchinson of in or unto the 
Said two acres of Land the premises and any P* or P's of the Same with 
Appertenances (either in the law or Equitie with the Reverson and Rever- 
sions Remainder and Remainders thereof and of every part and percle 
thereof To have and to Hold the Said two Acres of Land and all and Singular 
the granted and bargained premisses and every part and Pet’e of the Same 
with the Appurtenances unto him the Said Andrew Heath Richard Eayr 
Abiell Davis & Zebulon Heston their heirs and Assignes to and for the Onely 
use and behoofe of them the Said Andrew Heath Richard Eayre Abiel! Davis 
& Zebulon Heston their heirs and Assignes forever—And the Said John 
Hutchinson for him selfe his heirs Ext and Adm"* Covenants Grants and 
Agrees to and With the Said Andrew Heath Richard Eayre Abiell Davis and 
Zebulon Heston their heirs and Assigns by these presents that at the time of 
the Sealing and Delivery hereof Hee was Seized of a pure Absolute and inde- 
feisable Estate in ffee Simple in and to the Said two Acres of Land and in and 
to all the Computed and bargained premises and every part & Percle of the 
Same Same with Appurtenances And had then and at that time full power 
good right and Lawfull Authority to grant bargaine and sell the Same to the 
Said Andrew Heath Richard Eayre Abiall Davis and Zebulon Heston their 
heirs and Assigns forever in Manner and forme as aforesaid—And that he 
hath not Willingly or Willingly Comitted Suffered or Done any Act Matter 
or thing Whatsoever Whereby or by reason Whereof the granted premisses or 
Any part or percle of the Same is are Shall or may be burden Charged or 
Incumbred in Any Other title Charge Estate or any incumbrance Otherwise 
howsoever Other than the Quitt rents thereout Issueing unto Our Sovereigne 
Lady the Queen her heirs and Successors with the Arrears thereof if any be 
And Forther that the said John Hutchinson and his heirs Shall and Will from 
time to time and anytime or times hereafter Dureing the Space of Seven 
Years Next Ensueing the Date of these Prent® at the request Cost and Charge 
in the Law of them the Said Andrew Heath Richard Eayre Abiell Davis and 
Zebulon Heston their heirs and Assignes Make Doe suffer Acknowledge and 
Execute or Cause or procure to be made Done Suffered Acknowledged and 
Executed All and every Such further and Other Act Matter or thing Whatso- 
ever reasonable and Lawfull for the further better and More Pfct Assureing 
Suremaking Conveying and Confirmeing the Said two Acres of Land and all 
Other the granted and bargained premisses and every part and percle of the 
Same with the Appurtenances unto them the Said Richard Eayre Andrew 
Heath Abiell Davis and Zebulon Heston their heirs and Assignes forever ac- 
cording to the tenour purport true intent and Meaning of these presents Soe 
as the Pson or Psons unto Whome Such request Shall be made be not Com- 
pelled nor Compellable hereby to travill further than the town of Burlington 
for the Doing and Executing thereof and So as Such further Assurance Con- 
taineno further Covenantsor Warranty than in these presents are Contained— 

In Witness whereof the Said John Hutchinson hath hereunto Sett his hand 
and Seale the Day and Year first above Written 1703 Joun Hutcuinson w™ 
(Seale) Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of JonatHan Davis WILLIAM 
WarbLeE WILLIAM EMBLy SENIOR. 


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2. TEXT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT APRIL 21, 1703 


SECRETARY OF STATE — LIBER AAA, P. II14 


To all Christian People to Whome these presents Shall come—Andrew Heath 
Richard Eayre Abial Davis & Zebulon Heston all of the County of Burling- 
ton and Province of West New Jersey Yeoman Sendeth GreeTinc— 

Whereas John Hutchinson of hopewell in the S¢ County of Burlington and 
Province of West New Jersey aforesaid Yeoman by one Indenture of bar- 
gaine and Sale under his hand and Seale bearing Date the twentieth Day of 
Aprill in the Year of our Lord 1703 Made Between him the said John Hutch- 
inson on the one part and the Said Andrew Heath Richard Eayre Abiall 
Davis and Zebulon heston on the other part for the Considerations therein 
Menconed Did Grant bargaine Sell Convey and Confirme unto us the said 
Andrew Heath Richard Eayre Abiall Davis & Zebulon Heston our heirs and 
assignes forever A certaine peice of Land Lyeing in hopewell aforesaid neare 
the Land of Said Andrew Heath on the Easterly Side of the high Way Lead- 
ing from Said John Hutchinsons House to the Said Andrew Heaths House 
Containeing two Acres of Land butted and bounded as in the Said Indenture 
of bargaine and Sale together With all the profitts Commodities and heredi- 
taments Whatsoever unto the Same belonging or in Any Wise Appertaineing 
as by the Said Indenture of bargaine and Sale recours thereunto being had 
More at Large Will Appear 
_ Now Know yee that the true Intent and Meaning of the Said John Hutchin- 
son in and by the Said Indenture of Bargains and Sale as aforesaid unto us 
made is only to Convey Transferr Confirme and Assure the Said two Acres 
of Land and heretofore granted and every part and Pete of the Same with the 
Appurtenances unto the Inhabitants of the Said township of Hopewell their 
heirs and Successors Inhabiting and Dwelling within the said Township for- 
ever for the publick and Comon Use and benefitt of the Whole township for 
the Erecting and building of A publique Meeting house thereon and also for 
A place of Buriall and for No Other Use and intent or purpose Whatsoever 
Saving always and all times forever hereafter unto the Said John Hutchinson 
his heirs and Successors Dwelling within the said township his Equall Share 
and Proportion of the Privilidges and benefitts thereof as any Other Person 
or persons there Inhabiting Notwithstanding any thing in the Said Inden- 
ture of Bargaine and Sale Contained to the contrary 

And further know Yee that Wee the Said Andrew Heath Richard Eayre 
Abiall Davisand Zebulon Heston Do by thesePresents publiquely Acknowledge 
and Declare that our Names are menconed in the Said recited Indenture of 
bargain and Sale purely and Simply in trust and Confidence to and for the 
Uses and behoofe of the Said Inhabitants their heirs and Successors within 
the Said township Dwelling forever as aforesaid without Any Claime or 
Demand Whatsoever particularly to our Selves our heirs or Ex's by Virtue of 
the recited (Saveing allways to our Selves our heirs and Successors Within the 
Said Township Dwelling or Privilidges to the Same in Comon) anything herein 
Expressed to the Contrary Notwithstanding 

And Wee the Said Andrew Heath Richard Abiall Davis and Zebulon 


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Heston for our Selves our heirs Ex'S’ and Administrators to and With the 
Said Inhabitants of Hopewell their heirs and Successors Doe Covenant grant 
and Agree that at any time or times hereafter upon the request and at the 
Cost and Charges of the Said township above mentioned their heirs or Suc- 
cessors To release convey and Confirme the Said two Acres of Land and all 
other the granted premisses and every part and Percle of the Same With the 
Appurtenances unto the Said Inhabitants or their trustees to be Nominated 
And Appointed to and for the Uses above Menconed and for No Other Uses 
Intents or purposes Whatsoever 

In Wittness W hereof Wee have hereunto Sett our hands and Seales the one 
and twentiety Day of the Second Month called Aprill in the Second Year of 
our Sovereigne Lady Ann Over England Queen and in the Year of our Lord 
one thousand Seven hundred and three— Andrew Heath Richard Eayre 
Abiall Davis Zebulon Zmarkh Heston with their (Seales) Sealed and Delivered 
in the presence of John Rowland Jonathan Davis William Emley Senior. 


3. DEED FOR THE HOPEWELL CHURCH PROPERLY GIVEN BY 
THE VESTRY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH TO 
RALPH LANNING, MAY 15, 1838 


MERCER COUNTY DEEDS, LIBER A, P. 29 


St. Micuae’s Cuurcnwy) This indenture, made this fourteenth day of May 
TO in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- 

Ratpy Lanninc dred and thirty-eight between the Rector, Church 
Wardens and Vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s 
in the City of Trenton, and Ralph Laning of the Township of Ewing in the 
County of Mercer and State of New Jersey witnesseth, that the said the 
Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church 
of St. Michael’s in the City of Trenton for and in consideration of the sum of 
one hundred dollars lawful money of the United States of America unto them 
in hand paid by the said Ralph Laning before the sealing and delivery of 
these presents, the receipt whereof the said The Rector, Church Wardens and 
Vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s in the City 
of Trenton do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold and 
conveyed and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto 
the said Ralph Laning his heirs and assigns all that certain lot of land situate 
in the Township of Ewing aforesaid, called and known by the name of “‘the 
Grave yard lot’? and bounded on the East by land of George Woodruff, 
Esquire, on the North, West and South by other lands of the said Ralph 
Laning, containing two acres of Land be the same more or less (excepting 
and reserving thereout all that parcel of ground now enclosed by a stone wall 
and which said enclosure contains the graves of Samuel Tucker and others 
and measures thirty-two feet by twenty-seven feet six inches). Together 
with all and singular the rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and ap- 
purtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the rever- 
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hereof and of every part and parcel thereof, and also all the estate, right, 
title, interest, use, possession, property, claim and demand whatsoever, both 
in law and equity, of them the said The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry- 
men of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s in the City of 
Trenton, of, in and, to the said premises with the appurtenances. To have and 
to hold the said lot of land and premises hereby granted, with the appurte- 
nances unto the said Ralph Laning his heirs and assigns to the only proper 
use, benefit and behoof of the said Ralph Laning his heirs and assigns forever. 
And the said The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s in the City of Trenton for themselves and 
their successors do hereby covenant with the said Ralph Laning his heirs and 
assigns that at the time of the execution of these Presents the said The Rec- 
tor, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church of 
St. Michael’s in the City of Trenton are lawfully seized in fee of the afore- 
mentioned premises; that the same are free from all encumbrances. That the 
said The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of the Protestant Episco- 
pal Church of St. Michael’s in the City of Trenton, have good right, full 
power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same to the said Ralph 
Laning in manner aforesaid; and that the said The Rector, Church Wardens 
and Vestrymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s in the 
City of Trenton, and their successors shall and will warrant and defend the 
same to the said Ralph Laning his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful 
claim and demands of all persons whatever. 

In Witness Whereof the said The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of 
the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Michael’s in the City of Trenton, by 
John Mershon their Clerk have hereunto set the seal of the said Church and 
the said John Mershon Clerk as aforesaid has hereunder written his name, 
the day and year as above written. 


The word “Hunterdon” in line eight first Joun MersHon (seal) 
erased and the word “‘Mercer”’ inserted. Clerk of Vestry of 
Sealed and delivered in presence of St. Michael's Church 

! Sam" Evans Trenton 


STATE OF NEw JERSEY 
MERCER COUNTY 


Be it known that on the fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight before me Samuel Evans one of the 
Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of 
Mercer personally appeared John Mershon Clerk of Vestry of St. Michael’s 
Church, Trenton, who is I am satisfied the person who is said Clerk &c exe- 
cuted the foregoing Deed of conveyance and the contents thereof were by me 
made known unto him and he did thereupon acknowledge that he signed and 
affixed the seal of the said church and delivered the same for the uses and 
purposes therein mentioned. 
SAMUEL Evans 

Recorded May fifteenth a.p. 1838 Raupu H. Sureve Clk. 


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SKETCHES OF FOUNDERS AND BENEFACTORS 
OF THE HOPEWELL CHURCH 


NO, I. GEORGE KEITH 1639-1716 


GeorcE Kerru was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, about 1639, and was edu- 
cated for the Presbyterian Ministry, at Marichal College in his native City. 
In 1662 he became a Quaker and worked with Robert Barclay. After being 
imprisoned for preaching in 1676 he went to Holland and Germany on an 
evangelistic tour, with George Fox, and William Penn. Two further terms of 
imprisonment in England induced him (1684) to emigrate to America, where 
he was surveyor-general in East Jersey, and then a school-master in Philadel- 
phia. He travelled in New England defending Quakerism against the attacks 
of Increase and Cotton Mather, but after a time falling out with his own folk 
on the subject of the atonement, accused them of deistic views and started a 
community of his own called “Christian Quakers” or “Keithians.”’ He en- 
deavoured to advance his views in London, but the yearly meeting of 1694 
disowned him, and he established a society at Turner’s Hall, in Philpot Lane, 
where he so far departed from Quaker usage as to administer the two sacra- 
ments. In 1700 he conformed to the Anglican Church, and from 1702 to 1704 
was an agent for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in America. 
He died on the 27th of March, 1716, at Edburt in Sussex, of which Parish he 
was the rector. Among his writings were The Deism of William Penn and His 
Brethren (1690), The Standard of the Quakers examined: or an Answer to the 
Apology of Robert Barclay (1702); A Fournal of Travels (1706). Gilbert Barnst, 
Bishop of Salisbury, a fellow Aberdonian, speaks of him as “the most learned 
man that was ever in that sect, and well versed in the Oriental tongues, phil- 
osophy and mathematics.” (See: Enc. Brit., Eleventh Ed., p. 716.) 


NO. 2. JOHN TALBOT 1645-1727 


Joun Taxsor was a gentleman by birth, being the son of Thomas Talbot of 
Grenville Hall, Norfolk. He was a scholar, having been admitted a Master of 
Arts at Cambridge University in 1671. When he was fifty-seven years old and 
Rector of Fertherene, Gloucestershire, he came to America as chaplain of 
the Centurion, the ship which brought George Keith over. The two became 
great friends, and went together on a missionary tour through the Colonial 
provinces. When the latter returned to England in 1705, Talbot remained, 
and accepted the rectorship of St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, representing 
the Society for the Propagation of Gospel both there and in the neighbor- 
hood. Within a year of his settlement in Burlington he went to England for a 
visit, but returned in 1708. He preached in many places both within and 
without the Jerseys. ‘“I am forced,” he complains, “‘to turn itinerant again for 
the care of all the Churches from East to West Jersey is upon me: and what 


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is worst, I can’t confirm any, even if I had a Deacon to help me.” He made 
repeated appeals to the English Church authorities to provide bishops for the 
Colonial Church, and thus incurred the displeasure of the Colonial authori- 
ties, who were opposed to such a measure. He was accused of being a Jacobite, 
“of incorporating the Jacobites in the Jerseys under the name of a Church, 
in order to sanctify his insolence and sedition to the Government.” He in- 
dignantly denied the charge, declaring to the Bishop of London that “‘he was 
a Williamite from the beginning and prayed The Lord rebuke the evil spirit 
of lying and slander that is gone out against the Church.” His wardens and 
vestrymen warmly espoused his cause, and asserted that the accusation was 
“a very false and groundless slander.” He continued to preserve the confi- 
dence of the Venerable Society which, on his visit to England in 1720, applied 
the interest of Archbishop Tenison’s legacy for an American Bishopric to his 
maintenance while in England. He returned to America in 1722, and con- 
tinued his work in Burlington, though now in his seventy-seventh year. Upon 
a false charge by his enemies, of arrogating prelatical claims for himself, to 
wit: that he “conveyned all the clergy.to meet, put on his robes and demanded 
Episcopal obedience, he was virtually dismissed in 1725 from the roll of the 
S. P. G.”, until he could clear himself of the charges made against him. He 
protested with vigor that he was entirely innocent of the accusation in which 
contention he was supported by many who were familiar with his career and 
character. He was never reinstated, although the charges against him were 
wholly lacking in substantial proof, and were subsequently acknowledged to 
be so. He only survived two years longer, dying on November 30, 1727. 
Tiffany says of him: “His memory has always been cherished in New Jersey 
with abundant honor. He was the fostering father of the infant church in that 
province and to him more than to anyone else is due the strong root from 
which has grown so goodly a tree.” He lies buried in St. Mary’s churchyard, 
Burlington, a parish which he had founded and served for a quarter of a 
century. 

In 1878, a century and a half after his death, a mural tablet was set up in 
the church to his memory, which bears the inscription “A Bishop by non- 
juror Consecration 1722.” Into the controversy as to whether Talbot ever 
was consecrated a bishop, it would be unprofitable to enter in this place. Suf- 
fice 1t to say here, that there is nothing to show that Talbot ever regarded 
himself as having Episcopal orders, for he certainly never ventured to exer- 
cise such office or authority. 

(See Tiffany: 4 History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United 
States of America, Chap. VII; Hills, History of the Church in Burlington, “John 
Talbot, the First Bishop in North America,” pp. 721 ff.; The Rev. Charles S. 
Lewis, “John Talbot, Bishop.” A paper read at St. Mary’s Church, Burling- 
ton, November 19, 1922, in commemoration of his consecration. MS. on file 
in the library of the Diocesan House, 307 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton.) 


NO. 3. DANIEL COXE II, 1673-1739 


DanieEt Coxe, II, the first to come to this country, was the eldest son of Dr. 
Daniel Coxe, I, born 1640 or 1641, died 1730, who was one of the most emi- 


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nent physicians of his day, a prolific writer on chemistry and medicine, and 
physician to Charles II. He secured through royal influence large tracts of 
land in New Jersey, and later acquired from the heir of Edward Byllinge all 
their interest in West Jersey, together with the rights of government, and 
thus became the largest proprietor in that division, estimated at more than 
600,000 acres. His son Daniel II, the subject of this sketch, was baptized in 
London August 31, 1673. He seems to have been a favorite of Lord Cornbury, 
and probably accompanied him to America in 1702. He was appointed by the 
latter Commander of the forces in West Jersey. He was thereafter known as 
Colonel Coxe. In 1706, he was appointed one of the associate judges of the 
Supreme Court of the Province. He married in 1707, Sarah, the daughter of 
John Eckley of Philadelphia, a Quaker. Subsequently the young bride was 
baptized by the Rev. John Sharpe, the Governor’s Chaplain. In 1708 Colonel 
Coxe was named as one of the Council by Lord Lovelace, the Governor of 
New Jersey. He did not get on well with the succeeding Governor, Hunter, 
on whose request he was removed from the Council in 1713. He was elected 
to the Assembly in 1714, and again in 1716. In 1734 he was again appointed 
to be third judge of the Supreme Court, which office he held through to his 
death. The lands conveyed to him by his father occasioned him no little 
trouble, and when he asserted his ownership to the 30,000 acres, and the 
15,000 in Hopewell and Maidenhead, he was threatened with assassination. 
Most of his life in America had been spent in Burlington, but during his later 
years he lived in Trenton, where he died April 25, 1739, and was buried in St. 
Mary’s churchyard, Burlington. He left two sons, Daniel III, and John, and 
one daughter, Rebecca, whose tombs are in St. Michael’s graveyard. His son 
John deeded the property on which the present church stands. 

(Nelson, N.F. Biographical and Genealogical Notes, pp. 81-2, adapted and 
abridged.) 

Daniel Coxe was deputized in 1730 as “Provincial Grand Master of the 
Masonic Order in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.” (See Appendix 
N:.2.) 


NO. 4. THOMAS TINDALL 


Tuomas TINDALL, a warden of the Hopewell church, 1705, is mentioned as 
such in the “‘license to build.’”’ He was a resident of Nottingham, Burlington 
County. In his will made July 18, 1713, proved October 18, 1714, he mentions 
his wife, Isble (Isabel, Isable) and children; Thomas, Mary, wife of John 
Pullin, Elizabeth, wife of Robert Pearson, Issable, wife of Issah Vanroome, 
Ann, William, John, Sarah, Robert, Joseph, Ruth and Isaac. A farm up 
Assanpink, bought of John Richardson, a farm in Hopewell, now occupied 
by John Pullin, home farm. Personal property. Executors, the wife and son 
Thomas. Witnesses—Isaac Atkinson, Mary Emby, John Rogers, Joshua 
Wright. . 

(New Fersey Archives, Vol. 1, 1670-1730, p. 219.) 

His daughter, Elizabeth, was married to Robert Pearson, II, July 26, 1706. 
Their descendants were afterwards prominent in St. Michael’s Church. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 


THE TINDALL FAMILY 


The Tindall family in this part of New Jersey, were probably descended 
from Thomas and Isabelle, who came from England about 1678, and pur- 
chased a tract of land in what is now (1907) Hamilton township, Mercer 
county. This land was situated on the north bank of Crosswicks creek, be- 
tween the old Abbott and Watson tracts, and the old cemetery known as the 
Pearson graveyard is on this Tindall tract, and in all probability the graves 
of the earlier members of the Tindall family are located in it. In the Notting- 
ham town book it is recorded that Thomas Tindall owned four hundred and 
sixty acres of land, and died in 1714. Thomas Tindall, probably a grandson of 
the first Thomas, built a brick house on what is now the northeast corner of 
Green and Hanover streets, Trenton, and his initials “T.T.” were carved in 


the gable. . . . (See Lee: Mercer County, p. 570.) 


NO. 5. ROBERT EATON 


RogpertT Eaton, a warden of the Hopewell church 1705, is mentioned with 
Thomas Tindall in the “lycense to build.’’ He was a resident of Amwell, 
Hunterdon County. At the time of making his will, if married, his wife would 
appear to have deceased him, and to have left no children, for he leaves all 
his property to a nephew, William Fish. His will was made March 23, 1743, 
and proved April 10, 1744. His personal property included “‘one great Bible.” 
(New Fersey Archives, Abstract of Wills, Vol. II, 1730-1750, p. 160.) 


NO. 6. ANDREW HEATH 


Anprew Heatu, probably a vestryman of the Hopewell Church 1705, is 
mentioned in the Hutchinson Deed for the Hopewell Church property, as one 
of those to whom the land was deeded. He was a resident of Hopewell 
township. 


WILL OF ANDREW HEATH 


1716—7 Jan. 3. Heath, Andrew of Hopewell Township, Hunterdon Co., 
yeoman, wife Hannah—children—Martha (under 18) John, Elizabeth, 
Andrew, Sarah (under 21) Richard; grandchildren—Elizabeth, Abigail and 
Andrew Peittet, John Heath, son-in-law Nathaniel Pettit; wife’s children— 
Daniel, Samuel and Hannah Clark. Land at Malazadock do. 600 acres, on 
the Muskanickcunk Branch of Delaware River, farm bo’t of Thomas Truss. 
Personal property. Executors—Thomas Lambert and Robert Heaton ° 
(Eatton) tailor. Witnesses John Plumley and Nathaniel Pettit. Proved 
December 29, 1720 (New Fersey Archives, Abstract of Wills, Vol. I, 1630- 
1730, p. 465.) 


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THE TRENTS OF INVERNESS 


From a recent research made in Inverness, Scotland, by George Laing 
Smith, the Town Clerk of that city at the instance of the present writer, in 
the hope of discovering some facts concerning the family of William Trent 
and his history before coming to this country, certain interesting information 
has been gleaned. The following is the text of a letter from the Town Clerk 
addressed to Howard L. Hughes, the Librarian of the Free Public Library of 
Trenton, under date October 7, 1925. He writes: 


I am favoured with your letter of 25th ulto., with regard to a native of In- 
verness named William Trent, who went to the American Colonies about the 
year 1682. Quite recently I happened to be transcribing some of our old 
Records for publication, and I frequently came across the name of William 
Trent during my research. The man I refer to, however, must have been the 
father of the William Trent who went to America, as the former must have 
died some time previous to 1678. The William Trent referred to in our Rec- 
ords appears to have been a man of importance and substance, as various 
entries in the Records of the Town Council would indicate. He is described as 
“Merchant in Inverness.” In a minute dated 21st June, 1669, it is recorded 
that two of the Bailies of the Burgh had been appointed to treat with William 
Trent and ascertain whether he would undertake the collection of the excise— 
that is, the local taxes and revenues. Again, on 24th May, 1675, it appears 
that an arrangement was entered into between the Town and William Trent, 
whereby the latter was to erect a pier or wharf at the Harbour of Inverness, 
and that in consideration thereof he was to have a tack or lease of the anchor- 
age and shore dues at the Harbour for a period of five years, together with 
£100 Scotts money. On 29th August, 1676, it is recorded that a sum of £11: 
3: 4d Scotts money was paid to William Trent among others for their expenses 
“for treats spent in their houses with noblemen and others.”’ Another entry 
on 18th March, 1678, bears that the Town Council had been treating with the 
representatives of the ‘““deceased” William Trent for acquiring stones in what 
was known as the “‘sconce”’ for the purpose of completing the work at the pier 
or bulwark at the Harbour. The “‘sconce”’ referred to was the remains of the 
Fort or Citadel erected by Cromwell during his Army’s occupation of Inver- 
ness some 20 years previously. Another entry on 21st March 1681, records 
that a receipt or discharge had been procured from Maurice Trent for the sum 
of £220 Scotts, which was due by the Town for expenses and charges dis- 
bursed by the deceased William Trent, “brother to the said Maurice,” on the 
Town’s account in entertaining certain Commissioners. The last reference I 
have come across referring to William Trent is dated 3oth May, 1681, where 
it is recorded that Maurice Trent, ““Merchant in Leith,” and another had 
brought ‘“‘Charges of Horning against the Magistrates,” to infeft them upon 
decrees of adjudication raised at their instance against Mr. Trent’s heirs, &c., 
in the haill lands belonging to the said deceast William Trent, &c.” 

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1682 may probably have been a son of the William Trent referred to in the 
Records of Inverness. I hope that the information I have given you may be 
of some interest and use to you in your researches. 


(The MS of the above letter is on file in the Free Public Library, Trenton.) 


RESEARCHES OF PHILIP WHARTON DICKINSON 


Through the researches of Philip Wharton Dickinson, the genealogist of 
New York, himself a former resident of Trenton and a member of the well- 
known Dickinson family of this city, it has been possible to connect up the 
information furnished from Inverness with that available in this country 
whereby it would appear that Colonel William Trent was a son of the William 
Trent of Inverness, whose will was probated in Commissariat of Inverness 
May 8, 1677. Mr. Dickinson traces the Trent family back to a James Trent 
of Newbottle who was sheriff of Edinburg and whose will was probated July 
30, 1637. He then proceeds to give the result of his researches into the history 
of the three sons of William Trent of Inverness, Maurice, James and William, 
all of whom came to this country. Maurice and William remained here per- 
manently but James returned to Scotland in November 1697 and died there. 
By his will probated July 9, 1698, he left all his estate to his brother William 
Trent of Philadelphia and appointed him sole executor. Maurice Trent came 
to the Province of Pennsylvania in 1682, settling at Upland (now Chester) 
Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary, daughter of James 
Sandelands, a native of Scotland. He died September 1697 leaving a widow 
and two daughters. 

The following concerns William Trent, for whom Trenton was named and 
is abridged from the researches made by Mr. Dickinson. 

(MS. on file in the Free Public Library of Trenton.) 


NO. I. SKETCH OF WILLIAM TRENT 


William Trent was born in the town of Inverness, Scotland, about 1653. 
He came to this country soon after 1682 and settled in Philadelphia. He be- 
came a successful merchant and acquired a considerable fortune so that he 
was enabled in 1703 to buy the famous “‘State Roof House” for £850. He 
became a member of the provincial Council in 1703, a member of the Assem- 
bly 1710-1715-1719 and speaker 1718-1719. He and Captain George Roach 
fitted out (1709) the Resolution, a sloop of war for service in the war of Eng- 
land against France. Trent with William Burge and others owned the sloop 
Hunter of Burlington. He purchased in 1714 of Mahlon Stacy, Jr., land on 
both sides of the Assanpink Creek at the Falls of the Delaware and addi- 
tional land from others in 1718 and 1721. He removed to his new purchase 
October 1721 and had a township laid out, which he called “Trent’s Town.” 
Governor William Burnett commissioned him colonel of the Hunterdon 
County militia. He represented Burlington County in the assembly 1722 and 
became speaker in 1723. He was made judge of the Inferior Court of Com- 
mon Pleas, Hunterdon County in 1719 and chief justice of New Jersey 1723. 
He died in Trenton December 25, 1724. His widow renunciated her right to 


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administer his estate and his eldest son James filed his bond as administrator 
with Colonel Daniel Coxe and Alexander Lockhart. In 1726 an inventory of 
his estate showed the following personal property, £1,100. 18s. 10d. 8 Indian 
pictures without frames, several books £6, 9 negro slaves, £272. 10s, 2 
Indians, £80, a great boat £30. 

Trent was twice married (see Mary Trent). By his first wife he had three 
sons, James, John and Maurice and one daughter Mary. By his second wife, 
Thomas, died as an infant and William, known as “‘Major’’ Trent. (See bio- 
graphical sketches, Series A). 


NO. 2. THE TRENT ARMS 


In regard to the armorial bearings actually used by William Trent, it is 
pointed out by Mr. Hugh B. Rossell of Washington, D.C., himself claiming 
descent from William Trent, and an authority on heraldry, that the escutch- 
eon is not that of the Trent family, but of Trant of Roscommon, while the 
crest is that of O’Connor. Mr. Rossell suggests that William Trent either 
through the blunder of an artist, or else because he considered himself a 
descendant of the Trant family, mistakenly assumed these Arms. The true 
Arms of the Trent family have been reconstructed by Mr. Rossell from the 
blazons credited to the same by the authorities Burke and Fairbairne. He 
gives the following description of these Arms: 

Escutcheon: Per pale argent and gules, two swords in saltire proper, hilts 
downward, between three roses counterchanged. 

Crest: An arm in armor embowed holding in the hand a scimitar. 

Motto: Augeo. 


NO. 3. MARY TRENT 


The Historic Mansions of Philadelphia (Thompson Westcott, 1877) con- 
tains a note concerning the “Slate-Roof House” at one time owned and occu- 
pied by William Trent, in which connection it is stated (p. 47) that Trent’s 
“first wife was a sister of Judge Coxe,” and that “his second wife was Mary 
Burge daughter of Samuel Eckley of Philadelphia.” The following more ex- 
plicit note is found in Keith, Prov. Councillors of Pennsylvania, -(p. 255:) 

Samuel Burge, of Phila. . . . only child of William Burge . . . by his wife, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Stacy. William Burge was the brother of the 
first wife of William Trent... and was half-brother of Sarah Eckley, 
who married Col. Daniel Coxe of New Jersey. 


Thus it would appear that it was not Daniel Coxe’s sister whom William 
Trent married for his first wife, but rather the half sister of Coxe’s wife. 

In the sketch of Daniel Coxe, contained in Nelson’s N. 7. Biographical and 
Genealogical Notes (p. 82), taken from Watson’s Annals (1, §0), there 1s an 
account of the romantic elopement and marriage May 8, 1707, of Daniel Coxe 
to Sarah, daughter of John Eckley, a Quaker of Philadelphia. The marriage 
was performed by the Rev. John Sharpe. If Trent for his first wife married a 
half sister of the wife of Colonel Daniel Coxe, that fact falls in naturally with 
the statement of the Rev. John Sharpe in his Fournal (p. 273): “March Io, 
1708. At Mrs. Trent’s I christened Mmd Coxe.” 


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Sarah Eckley was only seventeen when she was married to Daniel Coxe. 
She was of a prominent Quaker family, and coming into Church associations 
her baptism would follow naturally. 

In a letter of Margaret Preston’s, of 1707, quoted in Watson, Annals of 
Philadelphia (p. 50), she writes: “His (Daniel Coxe’s) sister (in-law) Trent 
was supposed to have promoted the match.” 

It seems to be clear that Trent married for his first wife Mary Burge, 
daughter of the “widow Burge,” who married for her second husband John 
Eckley, and had a daughter, Sarah, who was married to Daniel Coxe in 1707. 


THE SECOND WIFE OF WILLIAM TRENT 


There would appear, however, to be some uncertainty as to whom William 
Trent married for his second wife, but the probabilities are that she was a 
Mary Coddington, as stated by Cooley and others, though there is some con- 
fusion as to the dates, and no record of the marriage appears to exist. 

Mary Coddington was the daughter of Thomas Coddington (son of 
William Coddington, Governor of Rhode Island) and Mary Howard, his 
second wife, whom he married in 1690. Their daughter, Mary Coddington, 
was born in 1694, according to the record as given in Austin’s Genealogical 
Dictionary of Rhode Island (p. 278), or 1692 as stated by others. It seems to 
be clear that the widow of Thomas Coddington and the mother of Mary 
married for her second husband, Anthony Morris of Philadelphia, January 
15, 1695, and that a son, William, was born to them the same year. In Jordan, 
Colonial Families of Philadelphia (p. 53), it is distinctly affirmed that this 
William Morris was the half-brother of Mary Coddington, the daughter of his 
mother by her first marriage. It is further stated that he came to Trenton to 
live, and aided his half sister, Mrs. Trent, in administering certain real estate 
which had belonged to her husband, William Trent, who died in 1724. Noth- 
ing is said as to the date or circumstances of Trent’s marriage to Mary Cod- 
dington, but we know from other sources that Trent must have married a 
second time between 1708 and 1710, for his first wife, as we have seen, was 
living in 1708, and a son, Thomas, by his second wife, was born in 1711, and 
another son, William, in 1713. If Mary Coddington was born in 1692-1694, 
she would have been only 16-18 years old when she married William Trent as 
alleged. The burial of Mary Trent, widow of William Trent, and mother of 
Thomas and William, is recorded in the Parish Register of St. Michael’s 
Church as “Dec. 15, 1772, aged 83.” If the age here given is correct the second 
Mrs. Trent would have been born in 1689-1690, the year given in the Cod- 
dington Genealogy for the marriage of Mary Coddington’s parents. The dis- 
crepancies in the dates are perhaps not impossible of clarification, though 
there was certainly quick work all around. Thus Mary Howard, wife of 
Thomas Coddington, has a daughter Mary born 1692-1694, becomes a widow, 
married 1695 a second time, and has a son William born the same year. 
William Trent, whose first ire was living at least as late as March 10, 1708, 
loses her, marries again and has a son born by his second wife in June, 15 6 

While these discrepancies exist, yet in default of any intimation as to the 


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second marriage of William Trent to another, and the definite statement by 
Jordan that William Morris was the half brother of the William Trent’s 
widow, it may safely be assumed that his second wife was Mary Coddington. 
This also is in accordance with the records of the Rossell family, who are 
descendants of William Trent by his second wife. 

It is certain that the Christian name of the second Mrs. Trent, as also the 
first, was Mary, for in a letter from Joseph Shippen to his wife, Abigail, under 
date June 5, 1711, (Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. XXIV, p. 260) he writes: 

Mary Trent has got a boye with as little warning as thou used to have. She 
took but half an hour’s time to consider of it. 

The Parish Register of Christ Church, Philadelphia, has the following 
record: 

Thomas, son of William and Mary, ye second wife of William Trent, born 

and baptized June 1, 1711. 

The child here mentioned only lived a few months, as the following record 
of a burial shows: 

August 29, 1711, Trent, Thomas, son of William and Mary. (idid., p. 224.) 


NO. 4. THE BURIAL PLACE OF WILLIAM AND MARY TRENT 


The question as to the burial place of William Trent has long remained an 
enigma to the historians. It is known positively that he died in Trenton, 
December 25, 1724, since the following notice appeared in the Philadelphia 
Weekly Mercury: 

December 29, 1724 

On Friday 25th of this instant William Trent Esq. Chief judge of the province 
of New Jersey departed this life, being seized with a fit of apoplexy at his 
home in Trent-Town. 

Cooley, Lee and various other writers have stated, or rather surmised, that 
Trent was buried in the Old Quaker graveyard, now a part of Riverview 
Cemetery, Trenton, but there are no records, establishing this to be the case. 
Nothing is said concerning the matter in the Minutes of the Chesterfield 
meeting, the omission of which in the case of so distinguished a man, would 
appear to be unnatural, if he were buried in the Quaker ground, though, or- 
dinarily, as stated by the present custodian of the records, no entry would 
have been made of names, except members of the meeting. 

To the present writer it seems not only highly probable, but wellnigh 
certain, when all the circumstances are taken into consideration, that the 
final resting place of the body of William Trent is to be sought in the “God’s 
Acre,” the consecrated grave-yard of the Hopewell Church. 

There are intimations that William Trent during the period of his residence 
in Trenton, displayed an interest in the Hopewell Church, and was probably 
a regular attendant at its services, sometimes entertaining the missionaries 
at his home. 

In Humphrey’s Historical Account of the S. P. G. (1730) there appears a 
note, quoted from a letter written under date of May 3, 1722, by the Rev. 
William Harrison (missionary at the Hopewell Church 1721-1723) to the 


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Secretary in which he says that he “‘went to Mr. Trent’s house and with his 
permission back to Philadelphia as he could not reach the Hopewell Church 
until Lent.” 

It is certain that Trent was a devoted member of the Church. Talbot says: 
“T waited on the Governor, (of Pennsylvania) in company with Mr. Trent 
the chief man in the Church” (Christ Church, Philadelphia). (Hills, Wzs¢. 
Ch. in Burlington, p. 141.) 

Cooley (page 280) has a note to the effect that there was a catechism pub- 
lished in London in 1719 and inscribed to William Trent as a conspicuous 
Churchman. 

Trent was an intimate friend of the Rev. John Talbot, rector of Mary’s 
Church, Burlington. Naturally in the absence of any missionary at Hopewell 
Talbot would conduct the funeral services for his departed benefactor and 
friend, and bury him with the rites of the Church, not in the Quaker burying 
ground, but in the graveyard of the little Hopewell Church where Trent was 
wont to worship. Talbot, it is true, made no entry of Trent’s burial on the 
records of St. Mary’s Parish, but while he seems to have been careful to enter 
baptisms, he does not appear always to have done so in the case of burials. 
He makes no entry for instance, of the burial of Jeremiah Bass, a founder and 
a warden of St. Mary’s Church, and one of the most distinguished men of his 
days, though his body lies buried in the old graveyard. 

Moreover, and this seems conclusive, in the Register of St. Michael’s 
Parish, appears the following entry under burials: 

Dec 15 1772—Mary Trent—83 years. 


Though Trent died 1n 1724, the Mary Trent of St. Michael’s Records could 
well have been Trent’s widow, though she did not die until 1772. Eighty- 
three years of age at that time, she would have been born in 1689, and be 
thirty-five years old when she was left a widow. 

The entry in St. Michael’s records says nothing as to the place of her 
burial, but there is a strong tradition that her body lies in the old Hopewell 
graveyard. There is no tradition as to Mary Trent’s burial in St. Michael’s 
graveyard, and although this was in constant use at that time, burials were 
still taking place in the Hopewell graveyard, as we know from the fact that 
Samuel Tucker was buried there as late as 1789. 

That the tradition as to Mary Trent’s burial in the Hopewell Church 
graveyard is an old one is evidenced by the following reference in the State 
Gazette of eighty-three years ago, where it is distinctly stated that such was 
the case: 

The ground was long used as a place of burial by many families. The remains 


of the widow of Colonel William Trent was buried there.” . . . (State Gazette, 
December 6, 1842, Ist page, 5th column.) 


This excerpt is taken from “Historical Article No. 11” in which the various 
Trenton Churches are considered. 

The probable reason why Mary Trent was buried in the Hopewell ground 
rather than St. Michael’s, is because she wished to be buried by the side of 
her distinguished husband, who was also buried there before her. This as- 


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sumption may fall short of actual demonstration, but in the mind of the 
writer it approaches the edge of certainty. 

If it were possible to locate the ground within the two acres where the 
actual graves are and turn up the soil it is probable something might be dis- 
covered. Possibly the tomb of the Trents was covered by a stone slab origin- 
ally raised slightly above the surface, as was customary in those days, but 
through the forgetfulness and neglect of one hundred and fifty years, to- 
gether with the ravages of time, all traces of the tomb have been lost. 


NO, §. THE HOPEWELL GRAVEYARD PLOT 


In Hall’s History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, (p. 18, 2nd Edition, 
1912), there is a description of the Hopewell graveyard plot, evidently as Dr. 
Hall saw it when he published the 1st Edition in 189. 

The inclosure is made by a stone wall now falling into ruins and has the ap- 

pearance of having been designed for a family cemetery. The only grave- 

stones remaining are those of Samuel Tucker, 1789, and Mrs. Tucker, 1787. 

. . . one in memory of John, son of William and Elizabeth Clayton, who died 

November 6, 1757 (possibly 1737), aged 1g years; another of “Ma (probably 

Margaret) the wife of John Dagworthy Esq., who died May 16, 1729, aged 

37 years”; and a few which cannot be deciphered beyond “Grace Da-”’ or 

“Hend” etc. It is said that the widow of William Trent, whose name was 

given to the town, was buried here, but there is no trace of the grave. 

Doubtless during the period before the graveyard of St. Michael’s Church 
was established about 1750, several generations of Church people were 
buried in the old Hopewell graveyard, but there remains no record of the 
names of any such, except of those who were buried in the little plot where lie 
the remains of Samuel Tucker and a few others. 

Since the Tucker plot was originally protected by a stone wall these graves 
alone have survived the ravages of time, while the others scattered over the 
original two acres remain unidentified as in the case of William and Mary 
Trent. 


NO. 6. THE HOME OF WILLIAM TRENT— ‘BLOOMSBURY COURT” 


“Bloomsbury Court,’ now known as “Woodlawn,” was built by William 
Trent and occupied as a residence by him when he came to live in Trenton 
in 1721, and he died there in 1724. The house was built of bricks brought 
from England as ballast by the Trent and Penn merchantmen. A wooden 
addition was made by James H. Redman during his occupancy of the man- 
sion, a feature which, to say the least, has not increased the dignity of the 
building, and which, it is to be hoped, will some day be removed in favor of a 
restoration of the house to its original integrity. During Revolutionary days 
the house was occupied for a period by Dr. William Bryant, a well-known 
physician, and later came into the possession of Colonel John Cox, patriot and 
churchman, who made his home there for a period during the closing years of 
the eighteenth century. Afterwards the mansion was occupied by several 
well-known families, including the Redmans, Hewitts, Prices, Woods, and 


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finally by the Stokes, to whom it belongs at the present time, though not now 
occupied by them. 

Though the present surroundings are sordid and the glory of the place has 
long since departed, the old time memories which cluster about this historic 
mansion would seem to call for its restoration and public ownership as a civic 
and patriotic shrine. Surely Trenton ought to cherish its oldest existing build- 
ing, the home two centuries ago of the man who gave the town its name, and 
which in later years was the center of so much that was memorable in its 
annals. 


A CENTER OF SOCIAL LIFE 


During the Cox régime “Bloomsbury Court”’ was the scene of many bril- 
liant social events, the grace and beauty of the hostess and her daughters 
drawing thither, if we are to believe the chroniclers of those days, represen- 
tatives of the élite of the fashionable world from Philadelphia, Trenton and 
the surrounding countryside. General Washington and his wife are said to 
have been entertained there and Lafayette, Rochambeau and other distin- 
guished Frenchmen and foreigners were among the noted guests. Of these 
strangers perhaps the most romantic figure was that of a young Swedish aide- 
de-camp to Rochambeau, Count Hans Axel Fersen. Marie Antoinette is said 
to have fallen a victim to his manly beauty and chivalrous charms. There is 
a story to the effect that the two often roamed the streets of Paris together in 
disguise. Rumor said that his advent in America was due to the gossip occa- 
sioned in the Court circles of Versailles over the partiality of the sprightly 
Queen for the society of “le beau Fersen.” He entered the French military 
service in 1779, and accompanied Rochambeau to America as his adjutant, 
distinguishing himself at the siege of Yorktown. He returned to France 
shortly afterwards and took a leading part in the disastrous flight to Varennes 
of Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette on June 20, 1791. He was the coachman 
of the facre which drove the royal family from the Carrousal to the Porte 
Saint Martin, and accompanied them as far as Bondy, the first stage of the 
journey. Subsequently he returned to Sweden and held high positions in the 
Swedish army. On June 20, 1810, he was brutally murdered by a mob at the 
time of the funeral of Charles Augustus, who had been elected to succeed 
Gustavus IV—and for whose death he was popularly but erroneously sup- 
posed to have been responsible. (See Mills, Historic Houses of New Fersey, p 
264, J. P. Lippincott Company 1902; Article ““Fersen, Hans Axel,” Ency. 
Brit., 11th Edition, Vol. X, p. 291.) 


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CHURCH LOTTERIES 
Lottery—17 51-1752 for finishing the Church in Trenton 
NEW JERSEY ARCHIVES, VOL, XIX 
P. 79: Of the Trenton (in New-Jersey) Lottery, for raising Three Hundred, 
Ninety-Three Pounds, Fifteen Shillings, for finishing and compleating the 
Church in said town, consisting of 3,500 Tickets, at Fifteen Shilling’s Proc. 
money each, 641 of which to be fortunate, as follows, viz— 





NUMBER OF PRIZES VALUE OF EACH TOTAL VALUE 
£ $i 
2 of 100 are 200 FeO 
4 of 50 are 200 VEO 
4 of 40 are 160 —- oO 
4 of 30 are TOS 
5 of 20 are TOOL roe 
7 of 15 are LOSt a to 
20 of 10 are BOO ta 
25 of 7 are 1b stra: tL 
70 of e are Di Nes tke lett 
500 of Ee 10s.pare SOmer neo 
Prizes 641 First drawn 6-0 
Blanks 2869 Last drawn ek 
3500 Tickets, at Fifteen Shillings £2231 — 5 
each, are 2626 I. £2231 15 
From which deduct 15 per cent £ 393 16 
£2625 —i0 


The drawing to commence on or before the second day of September next, 
at the house of Nathaniel Parker, in Bucks county, in the province of Penn- 
sylvania, if filled by that time, under the care and management of Messieurs 
Robert Pearson, Robert Lettice Hooper, John Allen, David Dunbar, Elijah 
Bond, John Dagworthy, Jun. Daniel Biles, and William Pidgeon; who are 
to dispose of the tickets, and be under oath for the faithful management of 
the same. The fortunate are to receive their prizes entire, the 15 per Cent, 
being deducted from the whole sum produced by the sale of the tickets, 
before the drawing begins, and not from the prizes as they are drawn. 
Fourteen days notice at least to be given before the day of drawing. The 
prizes to be printed in this paper, when the drawing 1s concluded. The tickets 
are to be sold by the several managers, and by Messieuers David Martin, 


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Andrew Read, William (p. 87) Coxe, William Franklin, and David Hall in 
Philadelphia; John Garrison, in Amwell; Peter Kimble and Francis Costi- 
gan, in Brunswick; Daniel Coxe in Hopewell, John Berrian, in Rockey-hill; 
Lewis Ashfield, and John Stevens in Amboy; and James Parker, in New 
York. (Pennsylvania Gazette, June 20, 1751.) 


P. 86: Trenton Lottery Tickets sold by David Hall, at the Post Office. 
(Pennsylvania Gazette, July 25, 1751.) 


P. 94: Trenton Lottery Tickets to be sold by the Printer hereof, at fifteen 
shillings, Proclamation, each. 


(The New York Gazette revived in the Weekly Post Boy, August 19, 1751.) 


P. 114: The managers of the lottery, set on foot to finish the church at 
Trenton, beg leave to acquaint the publick, that the true reason of the lot- 
tery’s not being drawn at the time limited, was intirely owing to the want of 
intelligence of the sale of a number of tickets dispersed in different hands about 
the country; and that they now request of those gentlemen, who shall have 
any tickets left unsold by the first of February, that they would return them 
to the managers; and the lottery will be peremptorily be drawn in one week 
after. 

(Pennsylvania Gazette, November 21, 1751.) 


P. 103: Trenton Lottery Tickets sold by William Franklin, in Market- 
street, between Third and Fourth-streets. 
(Pennsylvania Gazette, October 24, 1751.) 


P. 119: The Drawing of the Lottery at Trentown, for finishing the Church 
there, is fixed certainly the Beginning of February next.—There is still re- 
maining to sell, some tickets in the Hands of the Printer hereof; and those 
that remain unsold by the Middle of January, will be then returned without 
Fail—(The New York Gazette revived in the Weekly Post Boy, December g, 


17515) 


P. 134: Stolen out of the pocket of Thomas Robbs, of this city, on the 4th 
inst. at the house of John Smith, Tavernkeeper, at the sigh of the Lamb, 
about a mile from this city, on Frankford road, a pocket-book, containing 
about Twenty-five Shillings in money, and five Trenton lottery tickets, the 
numbers are 3056, 3057, 3095, 3096, and 3097. Whoever secures the thief, so 
as he may be brought to justice, and the money and tickets, had again, shall 
have Ten Shillings reward, paid by Thomas Robbs. 

(Pennsylvania Gazette, February 18, 1752.) 


P. 141: Whereas by reason of the severity of the season, and fluctuating 
condition the ice was in, it was impracticable either to pass the river Dela- 
ware, to the place appointed for drawing the Trenton Lottery on the Penn- 
sylvania side, or to get an account of the tickets sold, remitted to the man- 
agers, at the time fixed for drawing the lottery, in so particular a manner as 
was necessary, to enable them to proceed in the execution of that design; 


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tho’ they have had general intelligence of a very successful sale, for which 
they are obliged to the publick. The management therefore find themselves 
under a necessity to delay the drawing for some small space of time, till they 
can with convenience get the tickets returned, and make the necessary prep- 
arations; and hereby desire all gentlemen who have done them the favour to 
sell tickets, to send in an account of what tickets they have sold, and give 
back the tickets remaining in their hands undisposed of by the twentieth day 
of April, that they may do justice to the purchasers by (p. 742) drawing the 
same; they are determin’d to begin on the twenty-seventh of said month, and 
continue the same from that time till finish’d, at the house of Nathaniel 
Parker, in Bucks county, being the ferry-bouse from the Pennsylvania side 
over to Trenton. (Pennsylvania Gazetie, March 17, 1752.) 


P. 149: The Trenton Lottery is to begin drawing this Day; there are a few 
Tickets in the Hands of the Printer hereof; which will be continued to be sold 
(p. 150) till To-morrow Night; when such as remain unsold, will be seal’d up, 
and return’d to the Managers. (The New York Gazette revived in the Weekly 
Post Boy, April 27, 1752.) 


P. 157: The Numbers of the Prizes in the Trenton Lottery are come to 
Hand, and will be printed by Wednesday Evening next; when all those who are 
desirous to see them, may either come or send. And whoever have pur- 
chased their Tickets of the Printer hereof, and have drawn Prizes, are de- 
sired to call for their Money within ten Days, or the Money will be paid out 
in his Hands. (The New York Gazette revived in the Weekly Post Boy, June 1, 
1752)) . 

P. 160: Those who had Trenton Lottery-Tickets of the Printer hereof, and 
have drawn Prizes, are desired to call for their Money, if they have not yet 
seen the numbers, they may have them for sending for. (The New York 
Gazette revived in the Weekly Post Boy, June 8, 1752.) 


Peivi: Trenton, July 29, 1752. 

This is to give notice to those persons, who have had tickets in the late 
lottery, for finishing the church (p. 772) at Trenton, and not paid for them, 
that unless they pay them off by the 12th day of August next, they will oblige 
the managers to proceed against them as the law directs. (Pennsylvania 


Gazette, July 30, 1752.) 


Foint Lottery—1773 for Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches in Trenton 
(N. J. ARCHIVES, VOL. XXVIII) 


Trenton, May 22, 1773. 
P. 522: The Managers of the Fishing-Land Lottery, for the benefit of the 
Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches, in Trenton, are under the Necessity 
of postponing drawing said Lottery, until Thursday, the first Day of July 
next, at which Time the Lottery will certainly be drawn. They desire their 
Friends who have had Tickets to sell (if they have any in hand) to return 
them to the Managers before that Time. (Rivington’s New York Gazette, 


Juries; 1773:) 
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P. 561: The Managers of Trenton Fishing-Island Lottery having a Number 


of Tickets returned by their Friends at a Distance, cannot conveniently 
comply with their former Advertisement, have therefore postponed drawing 
till Wednesday, the First of September next, at which Time they will cer- 
tainly begin to draw, even if the Tickets they have now on Hand should then 
be unsold. Trenton, July 1, 1773. (Pennsylvania Gazette, July 14, 1773.) 


Lottery (N. J. ARCHIVES, VOL. XXIX) 
TRENTON FISHING-ISLAND LOTTERY (SECOND CLASS) 


P. 136: The great encouragement given in the First Class of this Lottery, by 
the Public, enables the Managers to propose beginning the Drawing the Sec- 
ond Class (as most of the Tickets are already disposed of) on the First Day of 
January next; in this Class is a Prize of 600 Dollars, one of 300, one of 150, 
&c. but little more than two Blanks to a Prize. Persons desirous of becoming 
Adventurers, by a Speedy Application may be supplied with Tickets, en- 
quiring of Robert Pearson, Abraham Hunt, Isaac Allen, Alexander Chambers, 
Joseph Warrell, William Tucker, Charles Harrison, and Daniel Clark, of 
Trenton. (Pennsylvania Gazette, December 8, 1773.) 


Foint Lottery—1791. Petition Refused 


LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 


Monday, November 14, 1791 (A.M.) 
A petition from the Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches in Trenton, 
praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for raising a sum of Money by Lottery, for 
the Use of said Churches, was read and ordered a second Reading. 
Tuesday, November 15, 1791 (P.M.) 
The Petition was read a second Time. 
Resolved, That the Prayer of the Petition be granted. 
Thursday, November 17, 1791 (A.M.) 
Mr. (John) Lambert, pursuant to Leave, presented a Bill, intitled, “An 
Act empowering the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church, and the Minister, 
Wardens, and Vestry of the Episcopal Church in Trenton, to have a Lottery, 
for the purpose therein mentioned;” which was read and ordered a second 
Reading. 
Friday, November 18, 1791 (A.M.) 
The Bill read a 2d Time & ordered to be engrossed. 
The Bill Passed in Council. (P.M.) 


The House 


Friday, November 18, 1791 (P.M.) 
The Bill received in the House; ordered a 2d reading. 


Tuesday, November 22, 1791 (P.M.) 
The Bill read 2d Time & ordered a third reading. 


Wednesday, November 23, 1791 (A.M.) 
The Bill lost. Yeas, 15; Nays, 19.” 


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Foint Lottery—1794. Petition Refused 
PETITION. MANUSCRIPT NO. 3, 193 A.M, 
Office of Secretary of State, Trenton, N.J. 
(PRESENTED IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JANUARY II, 1794) 


To THE HonoraBLE THE LEGISLATIVE OF THE STATE OF NEw JERSEY. 

The Petition of the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in the City of 
Trenton and of the Minister, Wardens & Vestry of the Episcopal Church of 
the said place, 

Humbly Sheweth, That the Congregations which your Petitioners represent 
have for some time past experienced many inconveniences on Account of the 
condition of their Houses of Worship— That the Trustees of the Presbyterian 
Church have found on examination, that the Congregation cannot be accom- 
modated with satisfaction unless very considerable Repairs and Additions 
be made, the amount of which will be so great, as that they have concluded 
it better to erect a new Church, provided they can receive some Assistance 
from the Legislature, by means of a Lottery— That the Minister, Wardens 
and Vestry of the Episcopal Church are desirous of making certain repairs 
and Additions to their Church, so as to render the same more convenient, 
which they can only effectuate by the like means. 

Your Petitioners are persuaded, that the Legislature of this State, fully 
impressed with the importance of the object contemplated by your Peti- 
tioners so far as regards themselves and the Intent of society, will not hesitate 
to grant to your Petitioners that privilege which has been so often extended 
to other parts of the State, and therefore pray that a / Law may be passed 
to authorize them to raise by Lottery the sum of fifteen hundred pounds 
lawful money of this State, three fourths of which sum to be appropriated to 
the use of the Presbyterian Church and one fourth to the use of the Episcopal 
Church aforesaid— And your petitioners, as in duty bound will ever pray &c. 


Wardens Trustees of the Presbyterian Church 
Isaac DE Cou ALEXR. CHAMBERS 
A Hunt 


Moore Furman 
Isaac SMITH 
B. SmiTH 
Bp. Haniton 
An D. WoopruFFr 

Rp. THROCKMORTON 

Cuas. AXFORD 

WILLIAM Rippon 

JoseEpH VANDEGRIFT 

ABR G, CLAYPOOLE 

Indorsed 


Petition of the Presbyterian &§ Episcopal Churches of Trenton for a Lottery.” 
Presented ordered to have a second Reading. 


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Legislative Council 


Saturday, January 11, 1794 (A.M.) 


A Petition from the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church, and of the 
Wardens and Vestry of the Episcopal Church, in the City of Trenton, pray- 
ing a Lottery to enable them to build a new Presbyterian Church and to 
make repairs in the Episcopal Church, was read and ordered a second 
Reading. 

Wednesday, January 28, 1794 (A.M.) 

The Petition read a 2d time. 

Ordered, That the Petitioners have leave to present a Bill. 


Thursday, January 29, 1794 (P.M.) 
Mr. Henderson, pursuant to Leave, presented the following Bill—“‘An 
Act to authorize the Church Wardens and Vestry of the Episcopal Church 
in the City of Trenton, the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in the Same 
Place, &c.—was read and ordered 2 2d reading. 
Friday, February 7, 1794 (A.M.) 
The Bill on 2d reading and ordered to be engrossed. 


Friday, February 14, 1794 (P.M.) 
The Bill lost; Vote: Yeas 4; Nays 7. 


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“THE FAITH OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF 
INDEPENDENCE” 


Tue following is taken from a pamphlet published in 1895 by William 
Stevens Perry, late Bishop of lowa and official historiographer of the Ameri- 
can Church. (Pamphlet now out of print, but a copy in my possession.) 

“The resolution declaring the thirteen Colonies free and independent was 
moved in the Congress of 1776 by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, a church- 
man and vestryman. The chairman of the Committee of Congress to whom 
this resolution was referred and by whom the Declaration was reported after 
its discussion and adoption in ‘Committee of the whole’ was Benjamin 
Harrison of Virginia, a Churchman and vestryman. The author of the 
Declaration itself, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, although in his later life 
regarded as an ‘infidel’ and certainly holding and advocating at times views 
quite inconsistent with those accepted by any Christian body, served as a 
vestryman in his early days and was by birth and baptism connected with 
the Church. To the very last of his life he was a regular attendant at Church 
and must be classed, in view of his baptism, family associations and life-long 
attendance in the services of the Church as, at least a nominal Church- 
man. 

Giving the number of Churchmen in the Congress of 1776 according to 
states, Bishop Perry records the following: 

“One signer from Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, afterwards Vice-Presi- 
dent of the United States; all but one (William Floyd) of the signers from 
New York; one signer from New Jersey, Francis Hopkinson, poet and jurist 
and father of the author of ‘Hail Columbia,’ all the signers from Pennsylvania 
but James Smith, whose religious connection 1s not known with certainty and 
possibly one other: all the signers from Delaware but one, Thomas McKean; 
all the signers from Maryland but one, Charles Carroll of Carrollton; all from 
Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina; and all but one, Lyman Hall, 
from Georgia, making two-thirds of the whole number of signers who were 
Churchmen as well as Patriots, and must be regarded as attesting the pa- 
triotism of the Churchman of the various communities from whence they 
were sent to Congress. 

“Of the fifty-stx actual ‘signers,’ thirty-four were Churchmen . . . twelve 
of the Signers were Congregationalists, five or six were Presbyterians, three 
were Quakers, one was a Baptist, one was a Roman Catholic. 

“The predominance of the Church element, two-thirds of the actual 
signers, if we include James Smith and lacking but one of two-thirds 1f we 
concede him to the Presbyterians, and three-fourths of those who voted for 
and favored the Declaration of Independence, if we include those who for 
good and sufficient reason were unable to affix their names to the engrossed 


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parchment in August, is thus made clear. It will be borne in mind that no 
name has been regarded as that of a ‘Churchman’ without conclusive testi- 
mony to this effect having been obtained, either MS. or printed.” .. . 

In this pamphlet from which the foregoing excerpts have been taken, 
Bishop Perry gives the names with the church affiliations of all the signers, 
both of those who were members of the Congress in July 1776 and signed 
then, as also of those who subsequently affixed their names to the document. 
Thus, New Jersey, Richard Stockton (Presbyterian or Quaker), Abraham 
Clark (Presbyterian), John Hart (Baptist), Francis Hopkinson (Church- 
man), John Witherspoon (Presbyterian). 


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WHERE SOME TRENTONIANS LIVED IN 
REVOLUTIONARY DAYS 


In connection with the accompanying map of Trenton facing p. 55, showing 
the topographical conditions here at about the period of the War of the 
Revolution, it may prove of interest to indicate the localities where some 
prominent people lived at that time, especially parishioners of St. Michael’s 
Church. The information is derived mainly from Stryker’s pamphlet Trenton 
One Hundred Years Ago. 

The names of the streets in Trenton as we are familiar with them today, 
then bore different titles; thus State Street was Second; Warren, King; 
Broad, Queen; East Hanover, Third; Academy, Fourth. There was then no 
Perry Street, but Church Alley to the north of St. Michael’s Church ran 
between King and Queen, and Pinkerton’s Alley west of Queen, now a part of 
Hanover Street, did likewise. Front Street had then the same name. Second 
Street, our East and West State Street, was a short street running west only 
about as far as what is now Willow Street, thence giving access to the River 
Road, and East State Street extended not much further than what is now 
Montgomery Street, then known as “Quaker Lane,” thence passing into a 
lane bordering an apple orchard and leading to Samuel Henry’s Iron Works 
at the Creek. What we know as South Warren Street then ended at Front 
Street. Pennington Avenue was Pennington Road. Brunswick Avenue 
Brunswick Road, and Princeton Avenue was a mere lane leading to the 
Beakes’ Estate. Calhoun Street was a country roadway connecting Beatty’s 
Ferry with the Pennington Road. The estate known as “Belleville” and occu- 
pied in turn by many distinguished families, was about at the junction of 
West State Street and Prospect. The “Hermitage” afterwards the Atterbury 
estate, where General Philemon Dickinson lived, was then far out in the 
country on the River Road, and “Bloomsbury Court,” the mansion built by 
Colonel William Trent and now known as “Woodlawn” on South Warren 
Street, was equally remote from the town and surrounded by farm land. 

Stryker says, “The town above the Creek may be considered as bounded 
by what we call today the Creek, Montgomery Street, Perry and Willow; all 
outside was in the suburbs. 

“All the ground south of Front Street along the Assanpink creek from the 
orchard to the river was called ‘Peace’s Meadows’ and was low and swampy. 
The land lying on each side of the road to Bordentown, south of the creek 
was then called Littleboro, also Kingsbury, the farm west of that road 
Bloomsbury and the village along the shore below Bloomsbury farm called 
Lamberton after Thomas Lambert,” the first settler. 

Bearing in mind the topographical conditions, and the former nomencla- 


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ture of a few streets, it should be easy and pleasant to trace the local habita- 
tions of some of those who lived in Trenton a century and one half ago. 


CHARLES AXFORD, a vestryman, lived on the west side of King Street 
about where it is now crossed by the Feeder. The house was demolished when 
the Feeder was built. 


Tuomas Barnes, a vestryman, with his sisters Mary and Sarah, lived in 
a house on King Street on the ground now occupied by the Third Presby- 
terian Church. 


Joun Barnes, a vestryman and high sheriff of Hunterdon County until 
July 1776, lived in an old stone house on the southwest corner of Queen 
Street and Lafayette. George Washington occupied this house as his head- 
quarters from December 30, 1776, to January 2, 1777, and here assembled 
the matrons who welcomed him in 1789, on his triumphal journey to New 
York to be inaugurated as the First President of the United States. It was 
afterwards the home of Charles Ewing Green, chief justice of New Jersey. 


Davip BrEARLEY, a warden, lived for a season on the south side of the 
Pennington road, a short distance above what is now Calhoun Street. This 
was formerly the home of Abraham Cottnam whose daughter Brearley 
married. | 


Captain JoHN CLUNN, vestryman, kept an inn in Lamberton below Tren- 
ton Landing. 


ABRAHAM G,. CLAYPOOLE, a vestryman kept a store on the northeast 
corner of King and Second Streets. 


Isaac Cox.ins, the printer of the Gazette and Collins’ Bible had his 
establishment at Queen Street at the southeast corner of Second. 


ReBEccA Coxe, lived south of the home of Stacy Potts on King Street, and 
almost opposite St. Michael’s Church. 


Cox. Joun Cox, a vestryman, lived during and after the war, 1780-1790, 
in “Bloomsbury Court,” the mansion built and occupied by William Trent 
about 1720. Dr. William Bryant previously lived there at the time of the 
Battle of Trenton. 


Joun Dacwortny, Sr., a vestryman, lived at the southwest corner of 
Second and King Streets where the Mechanics’ Bank now stands. This house 
was occupied in 1740 by Governor Lewis Morris. It was also for a period the 
home of Samuel Henry, a parishioner, and during the Revolutionary War 
(1780) was a famous tavern “The French Arms.” The Continental Congress 
met here in 1784, and here Lafayette in the same year took final farewell of 
Congress. It was also at one time a tavern kept by Francis Witt, a vestryman. 


isaac De Cow, warden and vestryman, lived in a brick house on King 
Street at the north side of De Cow’s Alley. There was an alley running west 


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from King Street where West Hanover Street is now, and this led off to the 
River road. President John Adams occupied the house as his official residence 
in 1798, and it was subsequently known as the Phoenix Hotel. 


Barnt De K yn, a vestryman, lived in Lamberton on an estate which 
formerly belonged to Major William Trent. He also built later the mansion 
known as “Bow Hill,” which he leased to Joseph Bonaparte. 


ALEXANDER Dovc.ass, at whose house Washington held a council of war, 
January 2, 1777, lived on ground now occupied by the German Lutheran 
Church on South Broad Street. Later the house was transferred to another 
location. In 1925 the building was removed to Stacy Park and is preserved 
as a monument. 


James Emerson, a vestryman, lived on the north side of Front Street west 
of Hunt’s Alley. 


Moore Furman, lived on Second Street where the State Street House, now 
the Hotel Sterling, stood. 


Josepx Hicsee II, a vestryman, lived on the west side of King Street near 
where the United States Hotel formerly stood. His son Joseph III, built a 
stone house on West State Street, which he called “Richmond Hill,” which 
was later demolished to make way for the present home of Col. Washington 
A. Roebling. Another son, Charles Higbee, lived in a brick house opposite 
the State House, which was formerly the residence of Jonathan Rhea, and 
later became the home of Philemon Dickinson. | 


Rosert Letris Hooper, II], a warden and vestryman, lived in “Belleville” 
as did also Joseph Warrell, Jr., another vestryman. 


MicuajAu How, a warden and vestryman, lived in what was subsequently 
known as the “Leake” property on King Street, where the “Elks” building 
now stands. 


ABRAHAM Hunt lived in a house at the northwest corner of King and 
Second Streets. It was at this house that Colonel Rall was being entertained 
on the eve of the Battle of Trenton, December 25, 1776. 


JosepH Mitnor, vestryman, had a store in a large stone house at the 
northwest corner of Second and Queen Streets, where the State Gazette 
building formerly stood. 


Wiu1aM Pearson, a warden and vestryman, lived a short distance south 
of the entrance to the Ferry Road. 

Wim Pipnceon, a vestryman, lived on the east side of King Street, near 
where the Trenton House now stands. 


Sracy Ports lived on the west side of King Street about where St. Mary’s 
rectory stands. Here following the Battle of Trenton the Hessian commander, 
Colonel Rall, who occupied it as his headquarters, died of his wounds. 


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Pontius DELARE STELLE, a vestryman, lived on the southeast side of King 
Street, at what would now be the corner of Perry Street. 


Tuomas TINDALL, a descendant of Thomas Tindall, warden of the Hope- 
well Church, 1705, built a brick house at the northeast corner of Queen and 
Third Streets. 


SAMUEL TucKER, lived at the southwest corner of King and Second 
Streets. 


JosepH VANDERGRIFT, vestryman, lived on Queen Street south of Pinker- 
ton’s Alley. 


RENSSELAER WILLIAMS, a warden and vestryman, at one time before he 
removed to King Street, kept an Inn at the Trenton Ferry landing. 


Isaac YARD lived on the west side of Queen Street about two hundred feet 
north of Pinkerton’s Alley. 

At the head of a lane which is now Princeton Avenue was the home of 
Nathan Beakes who married Mary, daughter of Major William Trent. 


Mayor WIxi1am TRENT, a vestryman, had an estate in Lamberton, near 
the lower Ferry which was afterwards bought by Barnt De Klyn. 


SAMUEL MEREDITH, a vestryman, occupied an estate known as “Beaver 
Hall” down the Delaware some two miles from the City. 


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BONAPARTE, “BOW HILL” AND THE MURATS 


An entry of a burial in the Parish Register under date December 7, 1823, 
reads: 
Pauline Josephann infant child of Joseph Bonaparte and Mrs. Holton. 


Above the grave close to the north wall of the Church is a monument en- 
closed by an iron fence, surmounted by a dove. On the front of the shaft is this 
inscription, now somewhat weather-worn: 


Erected 
By a Bereft Mother 
to the Memory 
of a beloved Child 
PAULINE JOSEPHANN HoLTon 
who departed this life 
Dec 6 1823 
Aged 4 years 


Below this inscription are carved the following pathetic lines: 


Oh! fate severe! Is then my Pauline dead: 
From earth to heaven her angel spirit fled— 
My sweet Pauline! that lovely bud 
Twas never to expand— 
Received a mandate from above 
And fled at his command. 
On opposite panel: 


Pauline, your rest is now secure: 

A loving Saviour called thee hence, 
Knowing thy gentleness could ill endure 
The world’s unbelieving malevolence. | 


JOSEPH BONAPARTE IN AMERICA 


Joseph Bonaparte, recorded as the father of Pauline Josephann Holton, 
was the eldest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, and during the First Empire, 
King of Naples, and afterwards of Spain. After Waterloo he came to this 
Country as a self-imposed exile, in 1816, and remained here sixteen years. 
He first settled in Philadelphia. Subsequently he came to Bordentown, and 
in 1818 purchased a considerable tract of land, afterwards known as ““Bona- 
parte’s Park,” and built a spacious country home on the blufts, overlooking 
the Delaware River, called ‘Pointe Breese.’’ The first mansion was burned 
down in 1820, and another was erected, besides extensive outbuildings. 
Joseph’s wife, Marie Julie Claré, did not join him in America, but his two 
daughters visited him here. For his eldest daughter, Princess Zenaide, Char- 


sored 


HISTORY OF STIMICH AWG SyGh Uers 


lotte Julie, married to her cousin Charles Lucien, Prince de Canino, and 
Musignano, Joseph built the “Lake House” on his estate. Joseph Bonaparte 
returned to France in 1832, and five years afterwards made a visit to Amer- 
ica, remaining for nearly two years. He died in Florence, Italy, June 28, 1844, 
aged seventy-eight. 

The mother of Pauline Josephann, named in the records as “Mrs. Holton,” 
is identified as one Annette Savage. 


ANNETTE SAVAGE AND “‘BOW HILL”’ 


Bow Hill, or “Beau Hill,” as the local wits of a century ago called the 
house, was the property of Barnt De Klyn, who, so the story goes, leased it 
for a season to his friend, Joseph Bonaparte as a sequestered retreat for his 
protégé, the beautiful Annette Savage. Here on the outskirts of South Tren- 
ton, at the head of a long lane surrounded by beautiful shade trees, stood and 
still stands today the old red brick mansion to which over a century ago the 
former King of Spain brought the lovely Quakeress. The highly decorous 
society of Philadelphia had previously declined to “know” the fair Annette, 
when she lived there, and her friend and protector, Comte de Survilliers, as 
he called himself, sought for her what he hoped would prove a more favorable 
social atmosphere in the little provincial town on the banks of the Delaware. 
But if such was his expectation 1t was soon made evident that the local dis- 
pensers of social favors were no more inclined to take a complacent attitude 
towards Bonaparte’s friend than were the moral arbiters of the more sophis- 
ticated Quaker Capital. Little is known of her life here, but it must have been 
a lonely one. In the early Eighteen twenties “Bow Hill” was vacated, and its 
occupant departed for the wilds of Jefferson County, New York, where Bona- 
parte laid out a town which he called Diana, and built a villa to which he gave 
the title “White House.”’ Here Annette Savage presided as mistress until the 
Revolution of 1830 called Bonaparte back to France. Subsequently she was 
married to Joseph de la Foille, a young Frenchman then living in Diana. In 
addition to the child, Pauline Josephann, whose grave is in St. Michael’s 
churchyard, there appears to have been a younger daughter, Charlotte, who 
grew to womanhood and died in Richfield Springs in the last quarter of the 
nineteenth century. 

“Pine Grove,” a house which stood on the bluff overlooking the Delaware 
River, now a part of Riverview Cemetery, was also occupied by Annette 
Savage for a period. 

“Bow Hill” is now, and has been for many years, in possession of members 
of the Lalor family, descendants of Barnt de Klyn, though none of that name 
is living in Trenton today. Miss Caroline Laylor, who died about eighteen 
years ago, was the last of the family to occupy the mansion. The house 
since her death has remained closed, with a caretaker in charge of the property. 

(See History of South Fersey, p. 120, “Bonaparte’s Park and the Murats”’.) 
Mills, Historic Houses of New Fersey, “Bow Hill.” 


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THE MURATS 


An entry in the Parish Register under date August 18, 1831, records the 
marriage of Prince Lucien Murat and Caroline Georgiana Frazier. 

Napoleon Francois Lucien Charles Murat, was the second son of Joachim 
Murat, who married Caroline Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister. On 
the establishment of the Empire Joachim Murat was made Prince and a 
Marshall of France, and placed by Napoleon on the throne of the two 
Sicilies. Subsequent to the Battle of Waterloo he returned to Italy, was cap- 
tured, and executed in 1815. His son, the subject of this sketch, came to 
America in 1822, and settled on a farm near Columbus, New Jersey. Soon 
afterwards he bought a farm of about one hundred acres near Bordentown. 
He made his home in Bordentown, close to the “Park,” and while living there 
he met and married Miss Caroline Georgiana Frazier, the ceremony being 
privately performed August 18, 1831, during the rectorship of the Rev. 
Frederick Beasley. 

Miss Frazier was a daughter of Major Frazier, of the English Army, dur- 
ing the Revolutionary War. The Fraziers made their home first in South 
Carolina, and subsequently in Philadelphia. The match with Prince Murat 
was not approved by either family, but the couple took matters into their 
own hands and had their way. The Prince was extravagant in his habits, and 
soon went through with the property he possessed, and contracted debts he 
was unable to pay. His wife was driven to the expedient of opening a boarding 
and day school for girls at their home Linden Hall in Bordentown. Murat 
made several trips to Europe, accompanied at least in one instance, by his 
wife. In 1848, Murat returned to France to remain there permanently. The 
Prince was elected to the Constituent and Legislative Assemblies, and in 
December of that year, when his first cousin, Louis Napoleon, was elected 
President of France, Murat found himself in favor and was appointed to 
several high positions, until the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 put an end to 
the Second Empire. The Prince died in 1878, and his wife soon afterwards. 

(See E. M. Woodward, Bonaparte’s Park and the Murats, 1879; Mills, His- 
toric Houses of New Fersey, “Linden Hall,” J. B. Lippincott Company, 1902; 
Article “Murat,” Ency. Brit., Eleventh Ed., Vol. XIX, p. 30.) The latter 


authority erroneously states that the marriage took place in Baltimore. 


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No.1. MEN OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 
PROMINENT IN PUBLIC LIFE 


Among its vestrymen and parishioners, St. Michael’s Church has num- 
bered in its long history, many men distinguished by their services to the 
state. Among these there have been two governors; Richard Howell, 1792- 
1801, and Garret D. Wall, who was elected 1829, but declined, and subse- 
quently served for six years, 1835-1841, in the United States Senate. Another 
United States senator was a warden, John Rutherford, serving 1791-1798. 
In the judiciary there have been two chancellors, Richard Howell, who held 
the office in conjunction with his governorship, and the present chancellor 
Edwin Robert Walker, first appointed in 1912. Of chief justices there have 
been four, if William Trent, 1723, and Robert Lettis Hooper, 1724, who were 
both churchmen, living in Trenton, and probably members of the Hopewell 
Church, may be counted. The son of the former, Major William Trent, was a 
vestryman, as were also both the son and grandson of the latter. David 
Brearley, a warden, was also chief justice from 1779, and Mercer Beasley in 
1864. Of associate justices of the Supreme Court, there were Daniel Coxe, 
1734, and John Allen, 1739, and Richard Saltar in 1754. Judges of the Court 
of Errors and Appeals were Garret D. Wall, 1849-1850, and Garret D. W. 
Vroom, 1902-1913. Joseph Warrell, who was attorney-general in 1733, was 
also a Trenton Churchman. David Brearley was one of the framers of the 
Constitution of the United States. Samuel Meredith was the first treasurer 
of the United States. There were five clerks of the supreme court, viz.: 
Richard Howell, 1788; Jonathan Rhea, a warden, 1793; Garret D. Wall, 1812; 
Zachariah Rossell, 1817, and Charles Perrin Smith, 1857. James D. Westcott 
was Secretary of State 1840-1850. 

There were three state treasurers, Stacy A. Paxson, 1845, Samuel S. Stryk- 
er, 1847, and Jonathan H. Blackwell, 1885. Robert F. Stockton was state 
comptroller in 1877, and Newton A. K. Bugbee, who now holds that office, is 
the present senior warden of St. Michael’s Church. Zachariah Rossell, 1816, 
Thomas Cadwalader, 1842, Robert F. Stockton, 1858, and Wilbur F. Sadler, 
1909, held the office of adjutant-general. Jonathan Rhea was quarter-master 
general 1807-1814, and Garret D. Wall, 1824-1837. Robert Lettis Hooper, 
1785-1788, was vice-president of the Council. Daniel Coxe, III, was a member 
of the Provincial Council 1771, and John Dagworthy in 1732. United States 
district attorneys were Garret D. Wall, 1828, and William Halsted, 1849. 
FE. Mercer Shreve was clerk of the United States district court, 1868. State 
senators were Charles Hewitt, 1872-1874, and Jonathan H. Blackwell, 1875- 
1877. Charles Axford was a member of assembly in 1789, Garret D. Wall, 
1822, John R. Dill in 1849, Jonathan S. Fish in 1858, Edwin H. Ginnelley in 
1908. William Rodman Mcllvaine, a warden, was judge of the court of 


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common pleas for fifteen years, and Joseph Wood was mayor of the city 
1856-1859, and Garret D. W. Vroom 1881-1884. 

(The foregoing records were taken from the Legislative Manual of the State 
of New Jersey, and other official sources.) 


No.2. MEN OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 
PROMINENT IN THE MASONIC ORDER 


It would appear from a volume entitled Origin of Masonry in the State of 
New Fersey, compiled in 1870, by Joseph H. Hough, Grand Secretary 1843- 
1890, that the Masonic Order on this continent had its organized beginnings 
in 1730 in New Jersey. A deputation by the Grand Master of the Grand 
Lodge of England was granted to Daniel Coxe, to be Provincial Grand 
Master of America. Coxe then or shortly afterwards was living in Trenton, 
where according to the records he made his home for several years previous to 
his death in 1739. Daniel Coxe is a name notable in the annals of St. Michael’s 
Parish. He was a supporter of the Hopewell church, and the father of John 
Coxe who gave the deed for the property on which St. Michael’s Church 
stands. 

Thus 1t may be observed, that in the person of the First Provincial Grand 
Master, St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, was so far associated with the origin 
of organized Free Masonry in America. 

The text of the deputation granted to Daniel Coxe is found on pages vii 
and viii of the book above referred to. It is certified as a “True Copy” by 
William Gray Clark, Grand Secretary. Free Masons Hall, London, April 
10, 1863. 

The document proceeded from the Grand Lodge of England under the 
Grand Mastership of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, during the reign 
of George II, and states “that in 1730, he established a grand Lodge by depu- 
tation at New Jersey in America.” 

After reciting the numerous titles held by the Duke, the document records 
that he proceeded “‘to nominate, constitute and appoint our Right Worship- 
full and well-beloved Brother the said Daniel Coxe Provincial Grand master 
of the said Provinces of New York, New Jersey and Pensilvania with full 
Power and Authority to nominate and appoint his Deputy Grand master 
and Grand Wardens for the space of two years from the feast of St. John the 
Baptist, now next ensuing. 

The writer adds: ‘““The only. other mention of Bro Coxe to be found in the 
records of the Grand Lodge of England appears on the journal of the meeting 
of that Grand Lodge, January 29, 1731, upon which occasion the record states 
that ‘Bro Daniel Coxe, Provincial Grand Master of North America was 
present and his health was drank’.”’ 

Concerning this document the writer of the book makes the following 
comment: 


By the foregoing deputation the fact is established that Daniel Coxe was the 
first appointed Provincial Grand Master of masons in the New World. His 
authority antedates that of Henry Price, Provincial Grand Master of 


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Massachusetts, by nearly three years, the deputation of the latter having 
been dated April joth, a.p. 1733. 


He sums up his historical investigations in the following conclusion: 


From the fact that Bro. Coxe was referred to at the meeting of the Grand 
Lodge of England in 1731 as “Provincial Grand Master of North America” 
we think it may reasonably be inferred that there was at that time no other 
Provincial Grand Master in any portion of North America. 


The masonic association with St. Michael’s Church thus begun in 1730, 
has extended through the succeeding years, and is still vital today. 

Many men who have successively served on the vestry of St. Michael’s | 
Church have also been prominent in the masonic Order. The names of a few 
such may be mentioned: David Brearley (Warden 1785-1790), over whose 
grave in the churchyard the Grand Lodge of New Jersey has caused to be 
erected a fine granite memorial slab, was the first grand master in New Jersey 
1786-1789. Jonathan Rhea (warden 1796-1814) was one of the charter mem- 
bers and a grand treasurer. Richard*Howell (vestry 1790-1793), governor of 
New Jersey, was a senior warden of Trenton Lodge. 

Isaac de Cou (warden 1783-1794) was a master of Trenton Lodge as was 
also John Douglass (vestry 1785-1786). The latter was also a senior deacon 
of the Grand Lodge. Robert Lettis Hooper (warden 1774) was a deputy 
grand master, and Pontius D. Stelle (vestry 1794-1799) was a grand treasurer. 

Thomas Gordon (warden 1822-1825) was past master of Hiram Lodge 
No. 25 of Flemington. William Kerwood (warden 1819-1826) was a senior 
grand warden. Philemon Dickinson (vestryman 1830-1845) was a master of 
Trenton Lodge, of the Royal Chapter 3 times 3, and a deputy secretary of 
the Grand Lodge, State of New Jersey. Zachariah Rossell (vestry 1817-1826) 
was a grand secretary. G. P. Glentworth, son of P. Fleeson Glentworth 
(warden 1820-1828), was a deputy grand secretary. John Mershon (warden 
1837-1842) was a grand secretary. Jonathan S. Fish (vestry 1850-1867) was 
a grand treasurer. 

Coming down to the present day Newton A. K. Bugbee (warden 1918-) 
is a 33d degree mason, a former Potentate of Crescent Temple, and senior 
secretary of Crescent Lodge. Among those who have been prominent in the 
masonic order none, perhaps, has a record of greater activity and influence 
than Dr. Edwin H. Ginnelley (vestry 1920-). He is a past master of Loyal 
Lodge, and of the Palestine Commandery, Knight Templars. He is also a 
past officer of all four bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the 
Valley of Trenton. In September 1916, he was crowned Sovereign Grand In- 
spector General 33d degree by the Supreme Council of the northern masonic 
jurisdiction. He was named First Potentate of Crescent Temple when it was 
instituted in 1904, and was reelected as potentate for seven years. In 1925 he 
served the last of his three years term as Commander-in-Chief of Trenton 
Consistary. Through his efforts in behalf of the Scottish Rite 1001 candidates 
received in May 1925 the higher degrees, and Dr. Ginnelley conferred the 
32nd degree, Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, on 856 of the most notable 
masons in New Jersey. Today the Temple has a membership of over 1000 


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and is probably the most powerful institution of a fraternal order in New 
Jersey. 

Other members of the present vestry who are masons are William H. At- 
kinson, a past master of Mercer Lodge; Walter P. Wilson; James H. Galt, 
Charles H. Baker, Alfred C. Funk, Dr. James R. Cooper, Dr. David E. 
Stretch (deceased 1926), and William O. Warren. All of these are 32nd degree 
masons of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. 

Among the rectors certainly known to be masons, the Rev. William Frazer 
(1788-1795) the Rev. W. L. Johnson (1822-1830), the Rev. Samuel Clements 
(1855-1858), the Rev. W. Strother Jones (1896-1908) and the Rev. Samuel 
Steinmetz (1920) are so to be reckoned and possibly others concerning whom 
no information is available. 

In connection with the Rev. William Frazer, the records of the Grand 
Lodge (p. 43) show that he received the thanks of that body at a meeting 
held in Trenton December 27, 1791. 


Ordered that the thanks of the Grand Lodge be given to the Rev. Brother 
Frazier for his attention in preparing and preaching a sermon well adapted to 
the occasion before the Grand Lodge this day in his Church and that he be 
requested to deliver to the Grand Secretary to be deposited among the ar- 
chives of the Lodge a fair copy of the same, and that the Treasurer be directed 
to pay unto Brother Frazier for so doing, the sum of four pounds and ten 
shillings. 


ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST LODGE IN TRENTON 


The first Master Mason Lodge in Trenton was constituted by warrant 
dated December 20, 1787. This is Trenton Lodge No. 5. The first entry in a 
book of minutes has this record: 


The following master masons assembled this third day of August 1787: 
The Hon. David Brearly G.M.; William Leaddell Esq., S.G.W.: Aaron Dick- 
enson Woodruff Esq.: Anthony Reckless Esq.: whereupon a Master mason 
Lodge was opened in due form. 


THE FIRST BUILDING 


In regard to the first building exclusively devoted to masonic purposes in 
Trenton, there is the following record: 


On August 19th it was reported that the work had so far progressed that the 
ceremony of laying the foundation stone was set for high twelve on Monday 
the 26th. The Right worshipful Grand Master presiding, it was according so 
done and the foundation stone was duly laid in ample form, according to the 
Solemn rites of the Order. 

This was August 26th, 1793. 


This masonic building, said to be the oldest in New Jersey, and one of the 
oldest in the United States, stood on a plot of ground on Barrack Street (now 


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Willow Street). It was used by the masons until 1867 when it was abandoned 
and was subsequently used for a school and later on for the shop of an up- 
holsterer and a painter. 

In 1915, a group of masons in Trenton headed by the late General Wilbur 
F. Sadler, Jr., bought the old building, and presented it to the Grand Lodge. 
It was then removed to its present site on South Willow Street facing the 
Delaware River. 

The corner stone was again laid April 20, 1915. The building has been 
completely restored and fitted up as a house of relics. A caretaker 1s in charge 
and the house 1s now a mecca for visitors, particularly those associated with 
the Ancient and Honorable Craft. 


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NAMES AND INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES AND TABLETS 
IN ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCHYARD 


In recutting the inscriptions on the tombstones in 1924 errors in some in- 
stances have occurred owing doubtless to the difficulty at that time of de- 
ciphering the lettering. The list here published was copied from a manuscript 
made many years ago and deposited in the archives of the New Jersey His- 
torical Society at Newark. Probably its superior accuracy may be depended 
upon in any instance where its readings differ from the inscriptions as they 
appear today. Moreover the list preserves many data which were not recut 
or which the ravages of time have wholly obliterated from the stones. The 
earliest tombstone in the graveyard of which the record remains bears the 
date 1763 and the latest 1893. 

The arrangement of the names is in alphabetical order since this method 
was followed in the manuscript and it seemed best to adhere to it in the 
printed list which follows. To rewrite the list and attempt to indicate the 
locality of every grave would be confusing to seekers for data and consume 
too much space. 

The names and inscriptions as given in the manuscript have been compared 
with those on the gravestones so far as the same could be deciphered. As the 
names follow in alphabetical order, they are not included in the General 
Index. 


NAMES AND INSCRIPTIONS 
An * before a name indicates biographical sketch 


A 


Thomas / son of John and Hariet Anderson / Born / October 12, a.p. 1821 
/ died August 29th, 1832 / aged 7 years 10 months / and 11 days. 


In /memory of / Isabella Armstrong / widow of / Michael Armstrong / 
who departed this life / December 24th a.p. 1831 / aged 80 years. 
Footstone J.A. 


In / memory / of / Michael Armstrong / who departed / this life, the 16th 
of / December 1806 / aged 46 years. 


Being a good Christian 
and charitable man, 
Leaving a sorrowful 


Wife, to deplore his loss. 


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B 
In / memory of / Mr. William Bard / who departed this life / on the 3oth 
of July, 1796 / aged 75 years. / 


In memory of / Hannah Barnes / Daughter of Isaac & / Mary Barnes / 
who departed this life / the 4th day of April / 1807 / aged 7 years. 1 month 
/ and 24 days. / 


In memory of / Mary, the wife of / Isaac Barnes, Sen. / who departed this 
life / the 18th day of July / in the year of our Lord. 1801 / aged 21 years / 
3 months, and 1 day. 


In / memory of / George H. Benjamin / who died / February 18th, 1819 / 
in the 18th year / of his age /. 


Sacred /to the memory of / Jacob Benjamin / who departed this / life 
September 4. / a.pD. 1806 / Born October 29th, 1762 / aged 37 years. 10 mo. 
/ & 25 days. 


In / memory of / Mary / widow of / Jacob Benjamin / and daughter of / 
Charles Axford / who died October 15th, 1847. In the 78th year of / her 
age. / 


Margaretta E. / widow of / William A. Benjamin / died Nov. 19th, 1885 / 
in the 77th year of her age./ 


William A. Benjamin / died / May 15th, 1875 / in the 71st year of / his age. 
Sacred / to the memory of / the Honorable / *David Brearley / who died 
Aug. 16th, 1790 / in the 45th year of his age. 


David Brearley /son of David & / Elizabeth Brearley / died at Blakely, 
Alabama / Nov. 8th, 1820 / aged 34 years. 


Sacred / to the memory of / the Hon. David Brearley, / Lieutenant Colonel 
/ in the / Army of the United States /a member of the state and federal 
conventions / nine years Chief-Justice of New Jersey. / As a soldier, he was 
cool, determined and brave; /as a judge, intelligent and upright; /as a 
citizen, an early, decided, and faithful patriot; /in private and social life, 
irreproachable. / He died, much regretted, / 16th of August, 1790, in the 
/ 45th year of his age. 
(Copied from Hist. Coll. of N.J.) 
For present inscription on Masonic Slab see Chapter XX XVIII 


Elizabeth Brearley / relict of / the Honorable David Brearley / and daugh- 
ter of / Joseph and Rachel Higbee / died Aug. 20th, 1832 / aged 81 years./ 
In /memory / of / Hetty Brearley / daughter of the late / Honorable / 
David Brearley. / She departed life, / February 1819 / aged 44 years. 


Sacred / to the memory of / Joseph Higbee Brearley / son of David and / 
Elizabeth Brearley / who departed this life / the 2d of April, a.p., 1803 / 
Aged 20 years. /He died hoping in a joyful resurrection, through the / 


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merits of his Saviour. / Ah, only showed to shock our fond pursuits, / And 
/ teach our humbled hopes that life is vain. 


In / memory of / Mary Brown / widow of Peter Brown / who departed this 
life / February 15th, a.p., 1824 / aged 33 years. 


Happy soul, thy days are ended— 
All thy mourning days below— 
Go, by angel guards attended, 

To the side of Jesus go. 


JANE / wife of Jonathan Bryant / departed this life / Nov. 7th a.p. 1828 / 
in the 73rd year / of her age./ 


*Jonathan Bryant / departed this life / Sep, 20th. 1831 / in the 75th year / 
of his age. / 


cS 


Larry Coleman 


Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas Cain / who departed this life /March 
18th a.p. 1843 / aged 67 years & g months. 


Sacred / to the memory of / Charles Cain / who departed this life / Mar. 
1842 / in the 63rd year / of his age./ 


To the memory of / Elizabeth / wife of A. G. Claypoole. /D. March 27, 
1794 / Ae 28 / Also / Sarah, their Daughter / D. August 13, 1793 / Ae. 18 


months. 


To the / memory of / Elizabeth Clunn. / who / departed this life / Decem- 
ber 5th a.p. 1823 / aged 84 years. / 


To the memory of / *Joun CLunn. Sen". / who departed this life / November 
Bretei7oo. 7 Avedififty. i). + / 


Sacred / to / the memory of / Margaret / daughter of / John & Elizabeth 
Clunn / who departed this life / May 12, 1813. / 


Sacred to the / memory of / Mary Cornell / widow of the late / John L. 
Cornell / Born Jan. 22, 1824. / Died April 1, 1887. / In the 63rd year of her / 
age. / 

There is Rest in Heaven 


D 


In memory of / John Dougherty / who departed this life / December 12th, 
1795, / aged 31 years / 11 months & 28 days. 


Ann Douglass / died Dec. 17th. 1893 / aged 89 years. 


In /memory of / James Duglass / who departed this life / March 3oth, 
A.D. 1832 / aged 80 years / also— 


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Mary Duglass / wife of Jas. Duglass / who departed this life / December 
3Ist, A.D. 1835 / aged 66 years. / 


Sarah perhaps “Pigeon” (much effaced) / Born October the 29th / 1740 / 
Died June the 14th / 1763. / 


E 


To the memory of / Mr. Paul Establier / who departed this life / the 11th 
day of Feb’y. / a.p. 1785 / aged 30 years. / 


F 


In memory of / Margaret Fister / who departed this life / March 25th, 
1794 / aged 21 years / 11 months. 14 days. 


Here Lieth / the Body of Mary / wife of / Philip Fister / who departed 
this / Life. March 11th 1794 / aged 46 years / and 3 months. / 


In / memory of / Philip Fister / who departed this Life / October Ist. 1812 / 
in the 7Ist year of his / age. / 


In / memory of the / Rev. *William Frazer / of St. Michael’s Church, Tren- 
ton. / and St. Andrews’-Amwell / who departed this Life / the 6th day of 
July, 1795 / aged 52 years. / If gentle and inoffensive manners, / benevo- 
lence and meekness, can secure / the goodwill of man, as certainly as / sin- 
cere piety will recommend to the fa / vor of God, then has Frazer, joined 
the / inhabitants of heaven, and not left an / enemy on earth. / 


Copied from N.J. Hist. Coll. 


(The Chancel was extended in 1871 covering the Frazer family graves. A 
stone inset in the exterior wall bears the following names: “In Memory of 
William Geary, M.D.; Mrs. Jane Geary; Rev. William Frazer; Mrs. Rebecca 
Frazer, Rebecca Bard Frazer, Mary Martha Frazer, Robert William Hay, 
Colin Frazer, Charles Campbell Frazer, Mary Jean Neal.’’) 


Mary Furman / widow of / William Furman / Died Feb. 6th, 1877 / aged 
75 years. / 


G 


Our Sister / Wilhelmina F. Geary / who died suddenly / Oct. 26th, 1871 / 
and Jane E. Geary / after a painful illness / July 23rd, 1872 / “We shall all 


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meet again. 


To / the memory of /Mrs. Martha A. Gillespy / Born at Hardingstone, 
North / amptonshire, England / Feb. 13, 1791. / “Blessed are the pure in 
heart, for / they shall see God.” Died at Trenton / April 19, 1867 / 


Sacred / to the memory of / *Thomas Gordon / Born. Sept. 23rd, A.D., 1778 
/ Died Sept. 25th, 1848. (In 1924 miscut in error ““1818”’) 


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Descended from the Gordon family in P’d / locha, in Scotland, a Jerseyman 
by birth, / he filled the office of a Judge, of the Com / mon Pleas, for some 
years. was distinguis / hed as a Conveyancer, and the author / of the map 
of New Jersey; an accomp/lished gentleman, a faithful friend, a / useful 
citizen: those who knew him / best, most deeply mourn his loss. / His 
afflicted widow, rears this monument, to perpetuate his honored name / 
Green be the turf above thee, / Friend of my better days. / 

(Monument West side) 
In / memory of / Mrs. Rebekah Gordon / widow of / Thomas Gordon, Esq. 
/ who departed this life / on 7th September. 1864 / in the 88th year of / her 
age. / 
A sincere friend, a devoted wife, a fai/thful member of the Church, she was 
loved / in life, and mourned in death, by all who knew her. (East side). 


H 


In /memory of / Sarah Hall / who died / February gth, 1821 / aged 81 
years. / 


Cornelia Halsey / Died May 20th, 1808. (On tablet with inscription to Hannah 
Muirbeid) 


In memory of / Cornelia Lawrence / Relict of J. Lamar Hay / and daughter 
of / Dr. William Geary / Born July 11th, 1817 / Died July 4, 1882. / “When 


the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.” / 
Cornelia Halsey / Died 1808. / (on tablet on side of Church.) 


In / memory of / Mary Hankinson / who departed this life / April 1st, 1811 
(or 1844) / aged $1 (or 31) years. (Much effaced). 


In / memory of / George Henry / who departed this life /Oct. 23rd. a.p., 
1846 / in the 76th year of / his age. / “Blessed are the dead who / die in the 
Lord.” 


Sacred / to the memory of / Mrs. Mary Henry / who departed this life / the 
26th January. 1804 / aged 29 years. / 

O may I shine before thy throne, 

In all thy beauty Lord, 

And the poor service I have done, 

Meet a divine reward. / 


In / memory of /M. *Samuel Henry / who departed this life May / the 
1oth, 1784, aged 67 / years. 

To the memory of / Samuel Henry / who departed this life / 9th of January, 
1795 / aged 24 years, six months. 


In memory of / Jacob J. /son of Jacob A. & / Hannah Hester / who de- 
parted this life / April 9th, 1836 / aged 6 months / & g days. / 


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In /memory of / Ann Higbee / who died / November 12th, A.p., 1834 / 
aged 65 years. / Also / 


Catharine Higbee / who died / June 17th, a.p., 1827 / aged 70 years. / 
(Altar tomb). 


Sacred / to the memory of / Caroline Higbee / who died July 28th, 1803 / 
Also of / Louisa Higbee / who died July 1st, 1808. / Daughters of / Joseph 


& Elizabeth Higbee. (Slab) 
Sacred / to the memory of / *Joseph Higbee / who departed this life / June 
roth, A.D., 1796 / in the 76th year of his age. (Slab) 


And of / Rachel, his wife / who departed this life / Feb’y 20th, a.p. 1777 / 
in the soth year of her age. 


And of / Samuel the first. Samuel the second / George and John / their 
sons / who died, each under the age of two years. 


Sacred / to the /memory of / Joseph Milnor / eldest son of Charles & / 
Charlotte Higbee / who was born / May 2oth, a.p., 1807 / and died / April 
16th, 1842. / 


Sacred / to the memory of /Sarah M. Higbee / Daughter of / Joseph & 
Elizabeth L. Higbee / Born July 12th, 1801 / Died October 1857. / 


This monument / is erected in memory of / Virginia Higbee / Born March 
17th, 1791 / Died March 31st, 1834. (Epitaph illegible) (Monument west 
side) 


Virginia / eldest daughter of / Joseph & / Elizabeth L. Higbee. (East side) 
Lucy Ann / second daughter of / Joseph & Elizabeth Higbee / Born April 
30th, 1798 / Died April 29th, 1853. (South side) 


In / memory of / Lucy Ann Higbee / A disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ / 
who in her life lived his example / and put her trust in / his mercy. / She 
died in faith / Blessed are the dead, who die / in the Lord / Even so, saith 
the Saviour / For they rest from their labours. / Rev. 14. 13. 


Beneath this Tablet / repose the Remains of / *Joseph Higbee / Son of / 
Joseph and Rachel Higbee / born December 20th, 1761, / died December 
12th, 1829. / 

Few are the days, and full of woe, 

O man, of woman born. 

Thy doom is written. Dust thou art, 

To dust thou shalt return. 


Also of / Elizabeth Lawrence / his wife / daughter of Nathaniel and / Lucy 
Lewis / who departed this life / November Ist, a.p. 1838 / aged 65 years. 
Blessed are the dead which die in the / Lord, from henceforth, yea saith the / 
Spirit, that they may rest from their / labours, and their works do follow 
them. / Rev. XIV. verse XIII. 

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In /memory of / Rebecca Browning / daughter of Joshua and / Abigail 
Hollingshead / who died / June 29th, a.p., 1841 / aged 3 years. Io months / 
and 6 days. / 


In /memory of /Sarah Browning /daughter of Joshua and / Abigail 
Hollingshead / who died / August 7th, a.D., 1836 / aged 1 year 8 months / 
and 21 days./ 


Erected / By a Bereft Mother / to the memory /of a beloved Child / 
Pauline Joseph Ann Holton / who departed this life / Dec. 6. 1823 / aged 4 
years. / (See for verses and remarks Appendix M.) (Monument to a child of 
Joseph Bonaparte.) 


In / memory of / Eve Howell / wife of / William C. Howell / who departed 
this life / December 1oth, a.p., 1838. / aged 31 years. 1 month / and 24 
days. / “Blessed are the dead / which die in the Lord.” / 


Edward / son of / William C. and E. Howell / who died August 13th, 1839 / 
aged 8 months, and 21 days. / 


Sacred / to the memory of / Mary / wife of / Jacob C. Howell, / who de- 
parted this life / December Ist, a.p., 1836 / in the 27th year / of her age. 

Blest, and mourned, admired and loved through life. 

Thou blest of women, and thou faithful wife, 

Farewell! ’tis mine thy virtues to deplore, 

To linger here, and feel thy aid no more. 

Tis mine to wait, till my remains are laid 

In this blest shade, where rests thy languid head. 

Then shall thy husband, from this anguish free 

Thy death hath left him rest, in peace with thee. 


In / memory of / William Lawrence / Son of Wm. C. & E. Howell / who 
died / November 3oth, .p., 1835, aged 13 days./ 


Farewell, my earthly parents dear. 
On earth I suffered pain severe. 

But now I’m with the Saviour blest. 
And in his heavenly bosom rest. 


In / memory of / Samuel Lawrence / son of Wm. C. & E. Howell / who died 
/ February 26th a.p., 1834 / aged 6 weeks / and 4 days. / 

How soon the opening bud, 

Is culled and gathered home, 

Where it shall bloom in richer soil, 

And sorrows never come. / 


In / memory of / William Humphreys / who departed this life / November 
28th, A.p., 1825 / aged 45 years. / 


Sacred / to the memory of / *Pearson Hunt, Esq. / who departed this life / 
November 4th, 4.p., 1828 /in the 63rd year / of his age. / To the most 


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affectionate of Husbands / the kindest Father / the best of Friends / this 


stone is erected by his sorrowing family. 


Also / Rachel Hunt / was born / May 26th, a.p., 1765 / and died April 7th, 
A.D., 1831./ 


Sacred / to the memory of / Sally Milnor Hunt / daughter of / Pearson & 
Rachel Hunt / who departed this life / Sept. 15th, a.p., 1818 / in the 17th 


year of her age. 


Sacred / to / the memory 3 / Theodosia Hunt / who was born / March 2s, 
A.D., 1800 / and died / January 12th, a.p., 1844. 


In memory of / Mary / wife of / Isaac Barnes Hunt / who departed this 
life / the 18th day of July /1in the year of our Lord 1801 / aged 21 years, 
3 months / and four days./ 


In / memory of / Wilson Hunt / son of W. P. & Elizabeth Hunt / who died / 
January 2nd, 1856 / in the 31st year of his age. / ‘““We shall go to him / 


he shall not return to us.”’ 


Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas Craskell Husband / of Jamaica / who 
departed this life / the 22nd day of August 1837 / aged 50 years. 4 months / 
and 20 days. / ““As in Adam, all die, so in Christ shall / all be made alive.” 


I 


In / memory of / Thomas Ingleton / who departed this life / January 25th, 
1817 /in the 56th year / of his age. 


J 


In / memory / of / Lucy / Relict / of / the / Right / Rev. / Abraham 
Jarvis / of Connecticut / who gently breathed out her soul / and passed 
from this life to a better. / May 5th, 1829. / in the 80th year of her age. 


What though affliction here would heave a sigh. 
That one so loved, and so revered should die. 
Calm Resignation, clasps a Saviour’s Cross 

And mourns, but does not murmur at the loss. 
“Twas there her meek and lowly soul was taught 
To seek the heavenly crown his blood had bought 
Twas there in mercy beamed the welcome ray 
Which cheered with hope the aged pilgrim’s way 
This mouldering dust shall here repose in peace 
Till that great day, when time itself shall cease. 
Her spirit is with God, and this her plea, 


My Saviour lived! my Saviour died for me. 


Her children / consecrate this memoriam / as a tribute of their duty / and 


affection. 
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In memory of / George Johnson / who died / April 15th 1800. / aged 53 
years. / 


In / memory of / an infant daughter / of John and / Elizabeth Johnson / 
Citizens of Philadelphia / who died October 4th / 1814. / 


Catherine Johnston / Died / February 7, 1894. 
Eliza Johnston / Died / May g, 1885. 
Jane M. Johnston / Died / March 20, 1890. 


Mary Johnston / Died / March 28, 1860. / Hannah H. Johnston / Died / 
March 10, 1881. 


Sacred / to the / memory of / James Johnston / who departed this life / 
September 21st, A.D., 1834 / aged 61 years 8 months. / and 27 days. / Also— 
Sarah / widow of / James Johnston / Died / March ioth, 1875 / In her goth 


year. / 
K 


Margaret / infant daughter / of / Henry John & / Isabella Kemble / Born 
20th March / 1853 / Died / 18th August / 1853. 


William Kerwood / Died / January 22nd, 1867 / Aged 88 years / Erected by 
Trenton Lodge No. 5 / of which he was for 56 years / an honored member. 


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Sacred / to the memory of / Caroline Law / who died / Dec. 27th. 1871. / 
“The Just shall live by faith.” 
In /memory of / Samuel Lawrence, / son of Samuel and Catharine Law- 
rence / who departed this life / January 13th, a.p., 1839 / aged 24 years. 


Why mourn, the throbbing heart’s at rest. 
How still it lies within the breast. 

Why mourn, since death presents us peace 
And in thy grave our sorrows cease. 





In memory of / Jacos . . . / who departed this life / September the 2oth, 
1771, 
In memory of / Jacob L. . . . who / died July 27th, 1764 / aged 3 years & 
11 months. 
In /memory of /Samuel . . . who /died 10 j /aged 9 years & 
months. / 
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In / memory of / Mary / Daughter of David and / Sarah Maggoun / who 
departed this life / September 4th a.p., 1819. / 


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In / memory of / Sarah Maggoun / widow of the late / David Maggoun / 
of the City of Philadelphia / who departed this life / on the 13th of Septem- 
ber / in the year of our Lord. 1816. / aged 60 years. / 


Sacred / to the memory of / John March / who was born / on the Island of 
Jamaica / May tgth, 1774. (Altar Tomb). 

where as a lawyer, he was distinguished by a / long and laborious devotion 
to his professional / duties; as a Gentleman by the uniform courtesy / of his 
manners; and as a Friend by the sincere / kind and generous sympathy of 
his heart. / He died in the City of Trenton / whither he had retired from / 
the labours of public life / May sth, 1837. / Patient: cheerful: victorious; / 
through the faith of the / Lord Jesus Christ. / 


This tablet is erected as an humble / tribute of that regard / by his affec- 
tionate son / Thomas Edward March. / 


In / memory of / Sarah / widow of Foseph McCally / formerly of this City / 
who departed this life / May toth,.a.p. 1831 / in the 81st year / of her age. / 


In / memory of / James Mennis / who was born / May 8th. a.p., 1824 / and 
died / February 29th, a.p., 1836 / aged 11 years. g months / and 21 days. / 


F. M. M’D. 
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In memory of / Henry McNally / born in Templemoyle / County Derry, 
Ireland / who departed this life / December 23rd, 1804 /in the 21st year 
of his age. / This memorial was erected by / Thomas, his brother. / “May 


he rest in peace, Amen.” 


Sacred / to the memory of / Mary Moon / widow of / Joseph Moon. /who 
departed this life / September 3rd. a.p., 1855 / in the 64th year of her age. / 
In her tongue was the law of kindness, / “She looked well to the ways of her 
household / and ate not the bread of idleness,” / “Let her own works praise 
her at the gates.” 


Sacred / to the memory of / Martin Moon / who departed this Life / De- 
cember 8th, a.p., 1856 / in the 28th year of his age. / 


There is a safe and downy bed, 

A... for erring mortals spread. 
Where they may rest the aching head. 
And find repose in heaven. / 


Sacred / to the memory of / William Moon / who departed this life / April 
17th, a.p., 1855 / in the 29th year of his / He / There is an hour of ae 
rest /To mourning sinners given/A... breast /T’is found . 
heaven.— 


In memory of / Mary, Daughter of / Job & Deborah Moore / who departed 
this life / April 19th a.p., 1798 / aged 3 years. 


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Deborah Moore / wife of / John Moore / died Oct. 12, 1829 /in the 80th 
year / of her age. / 


In memoriam / Ann Murphy / Died / Sept. 21st, 1875 / aged 78. 


In /memory of / Margaret / Daughter of / James and /Ann Murphy / 
who departed this life / July 14th, a.p., 1837 / aged 20 years. 


John R. D. / son of / James and Emily Murphy / Aged 8 months. 


In memory of / Hannah Muirhead / died March 7th, 1850. (On outer wall of 
church.) 


In / memory of / Hester Inglehart / wife of / William Musgrove / who de- 
parted this life / Feb. 20th, a.p., 1837 / aged 68 years. / 


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Also / Mary / wife of / Thomas Oliver / Born, 1796 / Died 1856 /in the 
67th year of her age. 


In / memory of / Catharine / wife of / Henry O’Hara / who departed this 
life / Jan. 26th, 1860 / in the 82nd year of her age. 

My flesh shall slumber in the ground. 

Ma Ceslaste. iene 

Then burst the chains with sweet surprise 

And in my Saviour’s image rise. 


In / memory of Charles O’Hara / who departed this life / Aug. 16. 1849 / 
aged 27 years./ 
Death suddenly called him... 


In / memory of Henry O’Hara / who departed this life / July 27th, 1856 / 
aged 92 years. 

Sleep father dear, and take your rest. 

God called you home, he thought it best. 

T’was hard indeed to part with thee, 

But Christ’s strong arm supported me. 


In / memory of / Simeon Henry / son of / Michael and / Susanah O’Hara / 
who died / July 12, 1838 / aged 7 years / and g days. / 


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In / memory of / James Pettit / who died / Dec. 18th, 1869 / aged 44 years. 
Farewell, dear wife, and mother dear, 
Dry up your tears of grief. 
Though we may meet no more on earth. 
We will meet in Heaven above. 


In /memory of / Mary / wife of / James Pettit / who departed this life / 
May 4th, a.pD., 1843 /in the 33rd year of / her age. / Also John William / 
son of /J. ... Pettit / died June 16th, 1842 / aged 4 mo’s. 


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Sacred / to the memory of / Mary Phillips / wife of / Aaron Phillips / who 
departed this life / March 4th, a.p., 1833 / in the 18th year of her / age. / 


Sacred / to the memory of / Gen. Z. M. Pike / of the U.S. Army / who fell 
in the defence / of his country / on the 27th of April / a.p., 1813 / at York / 
Upper Canada. / This small tribute / of respect is erected / by his friend. 

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(General Zebulon M. Pike was the discoverer of Pike’s Peak in 1806. His 
body does not lie in the graveyard. The tablet merely represents a tribute 
to his memory erected by his friend and associate, General Zachariah 
Rossell.) 

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Sacred / to / the memory of / Mrs. Fannie Reeder / who departed this life / 
July 27th, a.p., 1843 / aged 73 years. 


Sacred / to the memory / of Anna / Daughter of / Robert and Maria Rhea / 
and relict of Benjamin Ledgard, Esq. / who died / March the 27th, 1817 / 
aged 63 years, 7 months / & 17 days. 


“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.”’ 


Sacred / to the memory of / Gen. Jonathan Rhea / who died Feb. 3d. 1815 / 
aged 56 years. 10 mo, 22 days. / 


Early distinguished as a firm defender of his country / in our former 
eventful contest with Great Britain / Gen. Rhea, at an early age em- 
barked, in the military / service of the United States, and served 
with zeal and / fidelity, during the whole revolutionary war, as an / 
officer in the New Jersey line of the Continental Army. / At the 
return of peace, he practised many years at the bar of this state, 
where his integrity and sound / judgment were highly esteemed and 
respected. / To those who had the happiness of being connected / 
with him, by the tender ties of domestic life, he was endeared by a 
most exemplary performance / in the interesting scenes, portrayed 
in the charac/ter of father, husband, master, and friend. / We 
have hope to believe that, from the toil some vicissitudes of this life, 
he has winged his flight / to enjoy, in the mansions of eternal rest, 


the rewards / prepared for the righteous. (Copied from Hist. Coll. of 
N.F.) 


He loved his friends with such a warmth of heart 
So dear of interest, so devoid of art, 

Such generous freedom, such unshaken zeal, 

No words can speak it, but our tongues can tell. 


In / memory of / Elizabeth Robinson / who died / November gth, 4.p., 
1832 /in the 54th year / of her age. / 


In / memory of William Robinson / who died / August 23rd, A.D., 1840 / 
in the 61st year / of his age. / 
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Our Mother / Sarah Montgomery Rogers / who died / March 11th, 1858. / 
In the 72d year of her age. 
“For as in Adam all / die, even so in Christ / shall all 
be made / alive.” 


In memory /of /Samuel Rutherford, Esq. / Late a Captain in his / 
Majesty’s 15th Regmt. of Foot. / who departed this life / on the 20th Day 
of October / 1767 / in the soth year / of his age. 


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Sacred to the memory of / Mrs. Mary Sayre / Relict of the / Rev. John 


Sayre / who / departed this life / 11th January, 1789 /in the soth year of 
her age. (On outer wall of Church.) 


Sacred / to the / memory of / Eliza Ann / daughter of / Philip and Eliza- 
beth / Slack / who departed this life / April 3oth, a.p., 1827. / aged 17 
years / 9 months / and 12 days. 


Sacred / to the memory of / Richard R. Slack / son of Philip & / Elizabeth 
Slack / who departed this life / December 3oth, a.p., 1830 / at Pottsville / 
Pennsylvania / aged 19 years & 5 months. 


Here lies / the body of / Alfred, son of / James Alexander and / Maria 
Stevens / who died /Oct. 25th, 1824 / aged 1 year. § mo. / & 4 days. / 


Here lies / the bodies of / John and Amelia / children of James YAlexander 
and / Maria Stevens / ‘fobn: who was born / May 13th, 1819. died / July 
8th, aged 1 month / and 26 days. / 

Amelia, who was /born January 16th, 1822 /died August 3rd / aged 6 
months & 1g days. / 


Sacred / to the memory of / Caroline Mary / infant daughter of / Peter & 
Sarah Stryker. / 


Crooke Stevenson / Died August 17th, 1820. (On tablet with inscription to 
Hannah Muirbheid) 

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In Hope of Joyful / 1786 / Resurrection. / In memory of Mary / daughter 
of John F. and Elizabeth Throck/morton, who depar/ted this life, the 2d 
July / 1792. aged 6 weeks, / and one day. 


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Here / Intombed / lies the body of / Hon. (?) Moor /Son of / John and 
Sarah / Vandergrift / departed this life /Oct. 25th, 1803 / aged 11 months. / 
“Suffer little children / to come unto me.”’ 
Here / Intombed / lies the body of /Sarah Ann, daughter of / John and 
Sarah / Vandegrift / departed this life /Oct. 20th 1805 / aged 4 years /& 
2 months. / 
“Of such is the Kingdom / of Heaven.” 


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Maria Adgate / Daughter of James and Ann H. Westcott / Born Nov. 1796 
/ Died Jan. 1816. 


*Renssalaer Williams, Esq. / Died Dec. Ist, 1796, aged 64 years / also / 
Catharine Williams / his wife who died / Dec. 29th, 1792, aged 50 years. 
(On stone leaning against Church.) 


In memory of / *Henry Waddell, D.D. / Rector of St. Michael’s Church / 
Trenton / who departed this life, January 20th, 1811 / in the 66th year of 
his age. / A faithful and affectionate Pastor. /A sincere and zealous Christian. 
/ An amiable and honest Man. / His body is buried in peace, but his / Soul, 
shall live forever. / Also / In memory of / Lucia Waddell / whose mortal 
remains are deposited / beneath this stone, near those of their / late dear and 
revered Father, by their / two sorrowing and mourning children. / 


She lived in an habitual preparation / for death; faithfully discharging all 
the relative duties of life, and gently fell / asleep in the Lord 11th day of / 
April, a.p. 1821 / aged 76 years, and 8 months. / The prayer of her nearest 
and dearest / connections, 1s, “May our . . . be like hers.” 


“Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord.” 


Sacred / to the memory of / George Washington Waddell. / He died on the 
1gth day of / August, 1805 / in the 17th year of his age. / sincerely lamented 
by all / who knew him. 


He was a Student of Nassau Hall. / and lived beloved by, and 
honored / with the peculiar esteem of the / Professors and Tutors 
of that / Institution. (Monument west side.) 


Stop Reader, and reflect a moment, / on the shortness, and uncer- 
tainty of / your mortal existence. / “For what is your Life? It is 
even /a vapour that appeareth for a little / time, and then 
vanisheth away!” (South side.) 


Sacred / to the memory of / Henry Lawrence Waddell / who depar/ted this 
life / on the 31st of March, 1833 / aged 51 years and 8 / months. / 
“Into thy hands, I commend my spirit, thou hast / 
redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”’ Psalms 34, v. 5. / 

Also / to the memory of / Ann Waddell / his eldest daughter / who died on 
the 16th day of January, 1830 / aged 15 years and 8 days. / 

Reader, let this marble teach thee, that alike in age and / in youth, 

death may overtake thee! / learn to be upon the watch! 


In memory of / Lucia Sophia Waddell / who departed this life / October 1, 
1811 / In the 27th year of her age. (S/ad.) 


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Oh, whither fled! ye dear illusions, stay! 

So pale and silent lies the lovely clay. 

Fair was the blossom, soft the vernal sky, 
Elate with hope, we deemed no tempest nigh, 
When lo! a whirlwind, instantaneous gust, 
Left all its beauties withering in the dust. 


“If we believe that Jesus died and rose again 
even so, them also which sleep in Jesus, will 
Gop bring with him.” 
1 Thessalonians IV, 14. 


Underneath / this stone / lies the mortal remains / of / Theodosia / Relict 
of Gen. John Wails of Pittsburgh, Pa. / Daughter of Joseph & Rachel 
Higbee / Born February 17th, 1771, / Died February 6th, 1833. / 


In / memory of / Eldridge Wood / son of Henry and Hannah / Wood / who 
departed this life /October 1st a.p. 1814 / in the 11th year of his / age 


In / Memory of/*Joseph Wood / who died / in Trenton May 8th a.p. 1860 
/ In the 60th year of his age / Having done much for the improvement / and 
growth of this city, and being en- / dowed by his Creator with unusual / 
Executive and business talents, he was twice / elected Mayor of the City of 
Trenton / besides being honored with various other / offices of Trust and 
responsibility, the / duties of which he discharged with active / diligence and 
fidelity. / “For the grace of God that bringeth / salvation hath appeared to 
all men. / Teaching us that, denying ungodliness / and worldly lusts, we 
should live soberly / righteously, and godly, in this present / world; looking 
for that blessed hope / and the glorious appearing of the / Great God and 
our Saviour Jesus Christ”. / Titus II. 11. 13. 


Sacred / to the memory of / Josephine Louisa / only daughter of / Joseph 
and Permelia G. Wood / who was born March Ist a.p. 1825 / and departed 
this life / Suddenly on Monday the 21st of November a.p. 1836 /at 11 
o’clock in the morning / aged 11 years 8 months and 20 days / She was of 
an amiable / disposition, a kind and / Dutiful child, intelligent / And far 
in advance / for one of her age / Her spirit has fled to receive / the Reward of 
the Righteous / in Heaven. 


Sacred /To the memory of / Mrs. Permelia G. Wood / wife of / Joseph 
Wood / and daughter of Charles and / Sarah Sergeant / who departed this 
life / on sabbath morning at 3 o’clock / April 28th a.p. 1839 / aged 38 years 
10 months / and 20 days. 


Sacred / to the memory of / *James D. Westcott, Esq. / Born in Bridgton / 
Cumberland County, New Jersey / January 25th, a.p., 1775. /A citizen 
who was honored with / many places of high public trust, / and in the last 
ten years of his / life, was the Secretary of his native / State. He discharged 
with / distinguished ability his duty to / his country; and honored by all; / 


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beloved by those who knew him best; / he died universally lamented / on 
the 2nd day of March, / A.p., 1841, at Trenton. / Also / Ann Hains Westcott 
/ wife of / James D. Westcott, Esq. / Born at Cedarville, / Cumberland 
County, N.J. / October 27th, 1776 / Died at Trenton, N.J. / October, 19th, 
1849. / “There is rest in Heaven.” (Monument.) 


Sacred / to / the memory of / Hannah Wood / widow of / Henry Wood / 
who departed this life / in the hope of a blessed immortality / on the twenty- 
fourth day of / August A.D. 1850 / aged 87 years, 9 months / and 27 days. / 


Sacred / to the memory of / Henry Wood / who departed this life / on the 
18th day of June / A.p., 1844 / aged 56 years, 9 months / and 7 days. / 


In memory of / James Wood, Jun. / who Died May . . . , 1776 / aged 58 
years. / 


Sacred / to / the memory of / Zachariah Wood / who departed / this life / 
May 3rd, a.p., 1847 / in the 54th year / of his age. / 


In / memory of / William Wood / son of Henry & Hannah / Wood / who 
departed this life / 2nd day of November / 1817 /1in the 21st year of his / 


age. / 
Sacred / to the memory of/*George Woodruff / who departed this life / on 
the 2nd of September A.p. 1846 / in the 82 year / of his age. Sacred / to the 


memory of / Jean Woodruff / Relict of / George Woodruff / who departed 
this life / on the 24th of April a.p. 1848 / in the 76 year / of her age. 


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In / Memory of / Joseph M. Yard / who departed this life / November 14th 
1853 / Aged 63 years 6 months / and 8 days. 


In / memory of / Mary / wife of / Joseph M. Yard / who departed this life / 
Feb. 5th, 1858 / aged 61 years, 6 months / and 24 days. / 


THE COXE FAMILY 


An old stone slab now emplaced in the exterior wall of the south tower 
bears the following inscription: “This slab formerly covered the vault of the 
Coxe Family over which the building was extended 1846-7.” 


Joun Coxe 
Died 1753 
DANIEL Coxe 
Died 1758 
Resecca Coxe 
Died 1802 


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NAMES AND INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES OVER WHICH 
THE PARISH HOUSE WAS ERECTED IN 1892 


The figures in plan below show site of tombstones, while the inscriptions 
on these are to be found opposite the respective figures on the pages fol- 
lowing: 


[18] [19] | 20] 
[21] [22] [23] 
[ro] [11] [12] [13] [14] 


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GROUND PLAN OF PARISH HOUSE IN REAR OF CHURCH 


No. 1 In memory of Elisha Gordon, who died on the 28th March, 1840 a.p. 
aged 80 years. By the conscientious discharge of the duties of his past 
state he prepared himself for those of the future. 


No. 2 Elizabeth, wife of Elisha Gordon, born Nov. 20, 1786. Died July 
26, 1876. 

No. 3 In memory of Arthur Corry, who departed this life September the 
26th, a.p. 1827, aged 61 years. 

No. 4 In memory of Margaret Ann Corry, who departed this life October 
7th, 1807, aged 8 months & 8 days. 

No. 5 Sacred to the memory of Charles Ramsey, who died December 20th, 
1841, aged 76 years. Also of Mary Ramsey, his wife, died September 
27'’ 1831 aged 56 years. 

No. 6 Sacred to the memory of Miss Jane S. Gibson, a native of Charleston, 
S.C., who departed this life April 11, 1841 a.D. in the joyous hope of 
a glorious immortality. 

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In memory of Capt. John Morrite, who departed this life August 12, 
1812, aged 62 years and 2 months. 
In memory of William Cain, who departed this life December 24, 
1781, in the 35th year of his age. 
Sacred to the memory of Maria Henderson who departed this life 
March Ist A.D. 1843 in the 71st year of her age. 
Sacred to the memory of Grace Smick, who departed this life March 
23d 1810, aged 51 years 10 months and 15 days. 
Sacred to the memory of William Smick son of Peter and Grace 
Smick, who departed this life October 7, 1825, age 18 years, 9g months 
and Io days. 
Sacred to the memory of Grace Smick, daughter of George L. & 
Elizabeth Phillips, who departed this life December 21st A.p. 1842 
aged 10 years 3 months & 17 days. 
In memory of Daniel, son of George L. & Elizabeth Phillips, born 
October 17, 1834 died February 20, 1835, age 4 months & 3 days. 
In memory of George L. Phillips, who departed this life September 18 
A.D. 1847 age 45 years, § months & 21 days. 

also of 
Elizabeth, wife of George L. Phillips, born December 25th 1808, died 
Feby 17 1882. 
Sacred to the memory of Thomas Cain, who departed this life, March 
18th a.p. 1843, aged 67 years 9 months. 
Jane, wife of Jonathan Bryant, departed this life November 7th a.p. 
1828, in the 73d year of her age. 
In memory of John W. Primmer, died July 23d 1864, in the 54 year 
of his age, also Emily R. Primmer, died March 24, 1864, in the 52d 
year of her age. 


Fanny McDermott, of County Armagh, Ireland, died Feby. 4th 1868. 
In memory of Jeremiah Buzhart, who died October 27, 1805, age 50 
years. And of Ann his wife, who died Dec. 18, 1819, Aged 70 years. 


In memory of Lydia, wife of Thomas Ashworth, a native of Manches- 
ter England. Born Nov. 30, 1800, Died August 17, 1860, aged 60 
years. 

In memory of John Wood, son of Wesley P. and Elizabeth Hunt, who 
died September 10, 1826, aged 8 weeks. 


In memory of Mary Dagworthy (?) daughter of Wesley P. & Eliza- 
beth Hunt, who died 22d August 1831, aged 19 months. 


In memory of (name obliterated) daughter of Wesley & Elizabeth 
Hunt, who died 14 September, 1837, aged 12 months. 


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No. 


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In memory of Jane C. Pearson, wife of William Pearson, who de- 
parted this life September gth a.p. 1842, in the 29th year of her age. 
Also their daughter, Louisa Bedford, who departed this life July gth 
1838, aged 9 months & § days. 

William Snowden, died September 20, 1846, in the sist year of his 
age. 

Maria, widow of William Snowden, died July 20, 1851, in the 49” 
year of her age. 


Catharine M. daughter of Joseph & Sarah Brittain, died November 
24, 1871, aged 61 years § months & 14 days. 


Sallie, daughter of Joseph & Susan Brittain, died February 26th, 
1864, aged 75 years 6 months. 


Susan, wife of Elias Hughes, and daughter of Joseph & Susan Brit- 
tain, died Nov. 24, 1861, age 75 years & 22 days. 


Emma. 


Sacred to the memory of Mary Forman, born May 18, 1803, died 
May 8, 1874. 


In memory of Susan Elizabeth Forman, who died August 26 a.p. 
1826, aged 20 years. 


Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Mary Ann Allison, widow of the late 
Richard Allison who departed this mortal life August 8, 1829, aged 
g0 years. 


To the memory of *John Mershon, who was born Christmas Day, 
A.D. 1792, and died December 15th a.p. 1842. Patient, cheerful, vic- 
torious, through the faith of the Son, Jesus Christ. In grateful re- 
membrance of his unwearied devotion to the interests of St. Michael’s 
Church for more than 20 years, the Vestry erect this tribute to his 
memory. 


No. 35 Eliza D. Mershon, widow of John Mershon, daughter of George & 


Ann Ryale, born February 3d 1792, died March 24” 1864. 


No. 36 In memory of Thomas Green, son of John D. and Francis Green, who 


departed this life August 23, 1825, aged 11 weeks and one day. 


In De Cou’s History of St. Michael’s there is a list of names, pp. 111-21, 
which may profitably be consulted for locations. There 1s also given the names 
of certain persons whose remains have been removed and re-interred in 
Riverview Cemetery: 


Charlotte Virginia, youngest daughter of John H. and Mary R. 
McIntosh. Born August 11, 1844; died, June 1, 1859. 


Elizabeth Lewis, wife of Albert B. Dod, daughter of John H. and 
Mary R. McIntosh. Born, January 7, 1837; died, August 29, 1860. 


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Also her infant son, Albert Baldwin Dod, born, June 13; died Sep- 
tember 9, 1860. Also Elizabeth McIntosh Dod, died November 11, 
1861, aged 2 years and 6 months. 


Charlotte Neilson, Relict of the late John H. McIntosh. Born, June 
17, 1801; died, June 18, 1887. 


Lewis Pemberton Higbee. Born, November 27, 1809; died, January 
17, A.D. 1859. 


Mary Trent Rossell. Born December 3, 1815; died April 1, 1887. 


*Major Zachariah Rossell. Born, November 14, 1788; died July 21, 
1842. 


Lydia Beakes, wife of Major Zachariah Rossell. Born, April 3, 1791; 
died April 4, 1848. 


Mrs. Mary Weeks. Died January 7, 1878, aged 87 years. 
George Weeks. Died August 11, 1857; aged 28 years. 


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TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE PARISH REGISTER 
OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


EARLIEST ENTRIES TO 1855 


BAPTISMS, CONFIRMATIONS, MARRIAGES, BURIALS AND MISCELLANEOUS 
PRINTED EXACTLY AS THEY APPEAR IN THE ORIGINAL BOOK 
WITH CLASSIFIED INDEX APPENDED 


yee entries for the earlier period are fragmentary, but from 
about 1818 onwards they seem to be fairly full and accurate. 

The numerals in the upper right hand corner of each section cor- 
respond to the numbering of the pages in the original book. Entries 
are printed in the exact sequence that they appear in the Register, 
even though that method for some of the earlier records involves an 
occasional deviation from the chronological order. 

The surnames will be found in a special index arranged under the 
headings respectively of Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages and 
Burials. 

The spelling of the proper names 1s followed meticulously even in 
cases where it seems to be inaccurate. 

The entries conclude with the close of the Rev. Mr. Starr’s rec- 
torate in 1855. For subsequent records the later Parish Registers of 
St. Michael’s Church are available. 

The original book in a much worn condition is kept in a safe deposit 
vault and is not available for consultation. 

The following is a list of the clergy who served in St. Michael’s 
Church from 1763 to 1855, inclusive, which practically covers the 
periods for which any records have survived. | 


Rectors Term of Service 
Biimerooe PP UTaL Tea Well cys wue cue e ge poeta, veel a. 1763-1765 
Meese WU a Tl LROMPSON ity is tase een sios uedtah e) en 1769-1773 
Betam ove CTCOPO\ LalltOn, gs. ita fale’ Whee eo (ste hGde suis 1773-1776 
The Rev. William Frazer, occasional services ...... 1769-1787 

Beet rrOlesbeViichaels Church) ae. segs iene ate cals 1787-1795 
Rene LICHT Vy VVACCeliiiis foe venice Royo Uocelie bigs vs 1798-1811 
ERP UP AI OUNRYV ATC cogent Sania titlaita ia le ete iia ale ga abe 1811-1813 
Pere CVeeRCUDEHYONerWwOOd | fats Shee ee 8 se wees 1814-1815 
fimeeisevsujames Wionteomery iy... ie cle) oe) EE ee 1817-1818 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAELS ‘CHURCH 


Rectors Term of Service 
he (Revi. A brel Warterwer raga y. ts cee ae eee 1818-1822 
The Reve Walliamila) olnisoniay) Wicca cata iaie ice oe 1823-1830 
The. RevijPredéricki Beasley (4-5. hehe eave rae 1830-1836 
The:RKev, Samuels tar geese. 4s Gk oe ee 1836-1855 


Record of Marriages Performed by the Rev. William Frazer 17635-1795 


The Rev. William Frazer was rector of St. Michael’s Church, from 
1787 to 1795, but previous to that time, as far back as 1768, when he 
settled as an S. P. G. missionary at Amwell, he ministered to the 
Trenton congregation when it had no settled pastor, as was often the 
case. Many of his ministrations are concerned with places other than 
Trenton or Amwell. For a protracted period embracing the War of 
the Revolution, the Rev. Mr. Frazer was the only Episcopal clergy- 
man serving in this locality, and hence his ministrations were widely 
sought. 

A full record of the marriages performed by the Rev. Mr. Frazer, 
1768-1795, including also those while acting as rector of St. Michael’s 
Church, which latter alone are recorded below, may be found in the 
Pennsyloania Magazine of History, Vol. XII, p. 212. As these entries 
concern mainly his ministrations in Amwell, Kingwood, Ringoes, and 
Musconetcong, such are therefore not reprinted here. 


(Parish Register of St. Michael's Church, Vol. I, pp. 1-100.) 
[1] 


BAPTISMS 
1769 Age 
July 16 Ann daughter to Philip & Mary Phista 6 weeks 
18 Mary Wright daughter to John & Ann Metcalfe 2 
Nov. 14 Eliz. daughter to Henry & Jane Cassey 10 
1770 
Feb, 25 Nancy daughter to Thomas & Jane Bullman 2 mo. 
June 4 Elizabeth daughter to Ransselaer & Catherine Williams 10 
July 14 Mary daughter to Thos. & Eleanor Hunt 6 
Sept. 9g William Morris son to Widow Eliz. Justice 3 years 
oF ae Childn. to Richard & Ruth Lloyd + Teg 
omas 3 years 
23 William son to Jno. & Mary Sickles 3 years 
Eupheme daughter to Wm. & Zelphe Mountier 8 mo. 
Mary daughter to John and Mary Rew 
30 «John 
& Children to James & Mary Wilson 


James, Chas. 


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Oct. 8 Sarah Harcourt, Adult Childn. to Wm. & Sarah 
Martha Harcourt, Adult Harcourt 
Mary daughter to Wm. & Sarah Harcourt. 


Dec. 17. Elizabeth daughter to Isaac & Sarah Allen 8 
1771 

Feb. 4 Catherine daughter to Wm. & Catherine Thomson 6 

Catherine daughter to Jacob & Elez. Hyer 2 

14 Elizabeth daughter to James & Eleanor Ferrey 5 


24 Catherine daughter to Godfrey & Eve Weimer 


Mar. 14 Mary Elisabeth Higbie | Alias Pierson 
Elisabeth Higbie Adults 18 
Sarah Higbie 1S 
Mar. 14 Joseph 
John >} Childn. to Robt. & Mary Eliz. Pearson 
Mary 





[2] 
MARRIAGES 
COMMER ERE ME Me RE wi sh Ad hale tthe vv aie ele Ora ha ants License 
Ruth Beadles 
Samuel Yardley ) 
COME OF) 'o i ctnol sts ot se MSN sh ote s dol CWA) ells Net aliie Lelveke ee 
Lucy Thornton 
15 Daniel Gnehe 
to Banns 
Elez. Wilgoos | 
26 Wm. Watson | 
to Bah GE Ee AE SEU AR at Le On OR SO sae Lohicae; Ecetise 
Sara Oaldan 
Thomas Fish } 
to Banns 
Elez. Delay 
Wm. Williams } 
to Banns 
Susan Markworth 
Jan. 2 Nat. Cotman 
COP IPERE Meee eh ere tO fa hy ity wilal ¢ ieiictieve ce elaiaaeisye. s License 
Martha Laramar | 
James Paxton | 
COMMER Pot sicher sth sores tell oi oryaliotren out cMtelnio euieiieis ens! Lakes oie! « 
Sarah Adams 
Lewis Francisco) 
to Banns 
Charlotte Felixa 


24 Sam. Rutherford | 


Eakets aaa 


May 


July 
Aug. 
Oct. 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Bee: 


[3] 


BAPTISMS 
Age 
John son to Dr. Williamson & Ann Peterson 7 months 
MERE YL 2 5 0 lope ality Slist sco le, mo eae Daa aa ka ae 5 years 
Sarah } Childn. to Jas. & Sarah Hill 3 years 
James} Pas Ae ere ee, oe CR ee ee 7 months 
Susanna daughter to Alex. & Margaret Valdane 3 months 
Ann) “Yah S\ikoaies es Stel. bs ed SE eee ie Wee 2 years 
& Children to Francis & Jane Costigan 

Isabellayt isi cures © soe te cdatide Mt tkb: ace PeRy ear semen 6 months 
Charlotte daughter to Isaac & Sarah Allen. ......... 7 weeks. 
William son to Isaac & Mary Pearson. ............ 4 years” 
Isaac Nichols, son to TL OVip. ois > econ katie eo 6 months 
Mary daughter to Thomas & Jane Bullman 4m 
Pompey a Negro child belonging to Wm. Cotman, Esq.... 2 
William 
Ann . 
James > Children to Richd. & Bethia Loyd 
CALEB fads tae Se ay te eps Cache oike ene Pen Raa Uae mee 8 
Curlis 
Isaac son to Pontius and Rachel Stelle 7 years 
Susanna Grace daughter to Wm. & Su. Thomson 6 months 
Richard Lloyd) anvAdultc cc. 7.35 one ee 18 years 
Ann Odell, wife to the Rev. Mr. Jonath. Odell... ..... 32 years 
Margret daughter to Philip & Mary Phista.......... 4 months 
Jane daughter to James & Susanna Bourchier ........ I month 
Charles.) 005 Gos eis inate tle tei ok tae peda ee 18 months 

& Childn. to Joseph Eliz. Clunn. 
Robt. Pearson gt fd tctiare ors meta bees cake coe 1 month 
Jam’ son to Thomas &\Eleanor/ Hunt, 62 <2. eee 6 months 

[ 4] 
MARRIAGES 

Revd. Jonath. Odell 

fOr NE Ca aie Cal ite a> wie atta ok ian a License 
Ann DeCou 
Darby Wheyland 

to Banns 
Jane East 
Capt. Brereton Poynton 

RO he eo Mae rh etd) cus 4 ohn belie ecictes ak ne License 
Mary Rutherford 
Thomas Mc Na Mee 

to Banns 
Hanna Clemens 
Thomas Yardley 

Tot yo So pa EL Danette te einen fed tae nee ann mea License 


Sarah Bailey 


1773 
Jan. 19 


20 


Sept. 15 


1772 
Dec. 6 


Nov. 7 


APPENDIX P 


Thomas Murgtroyd 
to 
Sara Tucker 


to 
Mary Swainey 
Jas. Campbell 
to 
Ann McKinzie 
Dan’l. Price} 
to 
Barbara Jones 


Martin Taylor | 


BAPTISMS 


Mary Swainey an adult 

Elez. Ashmore wife to James Ashmore 

Elez. Ashmore 

Ann 
& Childn. to Elez. & James Ashmore 

James 

Susana Warrell Dr. to Rev’d. Wm. & Su. Thomson 


Se ek At oe fee et Jem ee eat Wee ow er ee Roe ak pe ea PO i, el Se OR We eee rts oer phy fuk 


Susannah daughter to Darby & Jane Wheyland 
Mary daughter to William & Susan Williams 
Luke Young Johnston son to Luke & Susan Story 
George Eley an adult 
Joseph son to James & Sara Paxton 
Eliz. daughter to Robt. & Mary Pearson 
PSU MeAOUper ANAM felieks te so. rete AA woe are cael Cees ONE 
Stephen 
& Sons to James & Mary Hooper 
Clement 
Elijah Barnes son to Jno. & Eliz. Jarvies 
Thomas | 
& | Children to John & Lidia Gorman 
Sarah 
Sarah daughter to Thomas & Hanna McNaMe 
Plime ANSGUITN: sue Neashe cary eet al yeh viet soe: 4 alias Oss 6 
Emy Clunn an adult, daughter to Jno. & Eliz. Clunn 
Margret Clunn 


On Oa Cre SE) CALS eee 686 46) 6) ie. O08 16 6a ae ele. 


ae) OO: 8 V8. hee we BT 6s 


Cr Pr os Yea Ae ee Pe le at a ae a ee Te ae ot Sr Tat Sige ee a Oe ea NK 


aS \eye SO Lee. On ee Pe) re ge (ee. é (ete Pe) eu. we 6 el. 6 2 8th e | eet ue” 6 


Set SO Oe Oe Oe TO RSS FO) (OY 456.2 Ce EO). w, a $6 OF. of eT. OF EY Se Ce 


Rie ene 6 ce: (SO ORS) Oo CE 6 © ew eee de 6 2 6 iS 8 OO By @ 1'@) Or. g 


Eliz. Clunn ? Child’n. to Jno. & Eliz. Clunn, 
AONM ARICA cyiatec tiie tslicc had oietes Aneheie ca atreb nc eibeliet girs 
acy Children to John Allen, Esq., deceased 


ao Children to Job & Deborah Moore 


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oer eS Re, Oe Whe) 6 ee Te ee 6 Seah ® (ew Kb e) of. me & 


SO) Reena Se wie ee Ug (ae) O88 Ol) SLY @ Ore. C5 8s €. Ove Ee 


er 6.8) SFG NOG) Oe) CL ae VO OT Se LOL Ger. 0 (8) @) 8. 0 he 


. License 


. License 


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Age 

18 years 

22 years 

I$ years 
4 se 


«c¢ 


2 
2 weeks 


6 months 

8 months 

3 months 
22 years 

7 months 

6 months 
1S years 
30 months 


7 months 
9 years 
4 years 


15 months 
4 months 


33 years 
14 years 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 





[6] 
BURIALS 
1748 1790 
Mar. 4 George Higbee Aug. 16 David Brearley 
1751 1792 
July 20 Samuel Higbee, Ist Feb. 24 George Brearley 
1757 1796 
May 10 Samuel Higbee, 2d June to Joseph Higbee 
1764 1805 
May 20 John Higbee April 2 Joseph H. Brearley 
LTT 
Feb. 20 Rachel Higbee 
[7] 
CHRISTENING 
1773 Age. 
Jaly ai) idia' Hankinson, an adubéaws y.terse. 8.) toss.) steer e 14 years 
Mary ea Pustaet Says 6 ved amon” fist Gab ail Seem oN te ae a eee II years 
FLaniCeS | aint Sha) ae tvte Gecle yah cia cuter She tents Mies ween ama 9 years 
James Children to Peter & Rebecca Hankinson. .... 7 years 
Sarah.) [Vises dhs ceuiet oe tapere morulae aalcahly heme are ee 3 years 
Woalliati 9th ec ie see ok ttyl Sate ee eer eae ee 6 months 
BRM Henry ay eld ate eaten eh oe atta ee Race setae inane eh aaa 2 years 
& Child’n. to Ransalaer & Catherine Williams 
Catherines] it 0 Rig ie aie GRRE ote 11 months 
Tg John, son to JohnW Sarah Rynoldsi.., 2s.) stern sy wena 6 months 
Anne Hoopetpanm adult: 77 ict boson eared) nee 37 years 
Major’ i155... Sage, Se esas cei te Reais Ge g years 
Mearyir j}io dee iy Ped At atc detent mee Malt enn ctine nfo tae gna 7 years 
Sarah «GAA sty Me Relat Aegis Neste ads foato tate teat al vite Mean aaeneemae 6 years 
Anne Children to Thomas & Anne Hooper ....... 5 years 
Rachachdotcu't. om send Oe a a, Ee ee 3 years 
Rea iaatie Radi 42 hy MPR Whew! aM Hy heats Ea Ne ee ee I year 
John William Saunders, son to Wm. & Ann Hick 8 months 
1788 
July 20 Charles Bruton Mease, son to John & Frances Mease I month 
1791 
Nov. 1 Lucretia Gordon Jackson, daughter to Wm. & Louisa Jackson 1 month 
[8] 
1777 
Aug. 20 Married by Rev’d. John Wade, William Miller & 


Patience Burke, both of this 


The following persons were confirmed by the Rt. Rev’d. Bishop Jarvis, on 
Sunday, October 11, 1812. 


Mrs. Elisabeth Brearly 
Mrs. Charlotte Higbee 
Mrs. Elis. L. Higbee 

Miss Catharine Higbee 


Mr. Westley P. Hunt 
Mr. John R. Thompson 
Miss Theodosia P. Hunt 
Miss Elis. L. Higbee 


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APPENDIXGP 


Miss Esther Brearly Mr. Lewis P. Bayard 
Miss Rebecca Fraser Mrs. Jean Woodruff 
Miss Mary Wall Mrs. Muirhead 
Miss Virginia Higbee Mrs. Newell 
Miss Lucy Ann Higbee Miss Newell 
Miss Mary Pearson Miss Mary Pearson 
Miss Elis. Pearson Mrs. Lawrence 
Miss Theodosia Pearson Mrs. Martha Lowry 
Mrs. Grace Gill Miss Hankinson 


Mr. Joseph Higbee, Jun. 
The above list is copied from a letter found in this book from the Rev. Jno. Ward 
to the Rt. Rev’d. Bishop Jarvis. 
A. CarTER, Rector, 1821. 


The following persons were confirmed by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Croes, October 
8, 1817. 


Mrs. Mary La Maud Miss Sarah Milnor Hunt 
Miss Sarah How Miss Mary Ryall 
Mary Corry Miss Constantia La Maud 
Theodosia Coxe Mr. Charles Fraser 
Miss Charlotte Higbee George H. Woodruff? 


The above was obtained from the Episcopal Register of the Rt. Rev’d. Bishop 
Croes, by me. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector, 1821. 


[9] 
1779 
July 13 Married Isaac Decou and Rachel Postlewaite, of Trenton. 
1780 
Jan. 14 Married Wm. Lowrey of Flemington and Martha How of Trenton. 
1782 
Mar. 7 Married Dan’l. Humphreys of Philadelphia and Jane Pinkerton, Trenton. 
Dec. 11 Baptized Sarah daughter of John and Singer, of Trenton. 
1784 
Oct. 24 Married Rich’d. Throgmorton and Abigail How, of Trenton. 
1786 
Aug. 20 Baptized Philip son of Philip and Mary Fister, of Trenton, born July 
6th, ’82. 
Dec. 4 Burried a daughter of Renssalaer Williams, of Trenton. 
1787 
April 8 Baptized Susannah 3d daughter of John and Singer, of Trenton. 


Feb. 25 Baptized Pettit 2 son of John and Abigail Wiggins, Trenton. 
Sept.17 Baptized Mary first daughter of John and Abigail Wiggins, Trenton. 
Oct. 28 Baptized Nancy daughter of and Tompkins, Trenton. 
4 Baptized Elizabeth Tweedy daughter of Isaac and Abigail Dunn of Tren- 
ton Landing. 


Mr. Woodruff was admitted to the holy order of Deacons by the Rt. Rev’d. Bishop Croes, in the year 
1819. In the Spring of 1821 he accepted a call from the Church in Carlisle, Penn., where he died March 


25, 1822, much lamented. 
A. Carter, April 18 
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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Married Aaron Mitchell (Negro) and Hannah Hunt (Mulatto), both of 
Trenton. 

Baptized John Boden an adult of Trenton. 

Baptized Sarah daughter of Thos. and Sarah Wiggins. 

Baptized Isaac and Lydia, Negroes of Mr. Abraham Hunt. 

Baptized Chas. Brunton son of John and Francis Mease, Trenton. 

Married Cato Hunt and Poll Rosehill, Blacks, of Trenton. 

Baptized John, James and Elisabeth, children of John and Sarah Chad- 
wick, Trenton. 


Baptized Elinor Reed daughter of John and Singer. 
Baptized Sam’l. son of Frederick and of Trenton. 
Married Edmund Burk of Trenton and Elizabeth Downie, of Amwell. 


Bap. Mary daughter of Capt. Claypoole, Trenton. 

Bap. Wm. son of Mr. Furman Carter, Lamberton. 

Bap. Mary daughter of Hains, Trenton. 

Bap. Mary, Thomas, Charles, Wm., Elizabeth, children of Joseph and 
Mary Bond. 

Margaret daughter of Jeremiah & Mary Frankford, and Jane daughter of 
Joseph and Elizabeth Dey, all of Trenton. 


[10] 


Bap. Mary and Gabriel, children of Phillis, a negro, of Mrs. Achsa Lam- 
bert, Trenton. 
Married Wm. Rippon and Esther Minion, Trenton. 


Married Tom Dekline and Sarah Hooten, Blacks. 

Married John Dougherty and Ann Fister, Trenton. 

Bap. Anna, Sarah, Theodosia, Grace and Robert Higbee, children of 
Robert and Mary Pierson, 

Also Joseph Higbee, David and George, children of David and Elizabeth 
Brearley. . 

Married Mathias Barton of Lancaster to Miss Hetty Cox, of Bloomsbury. 

Bap. Matthias a Mulatto boy of Gen. Dickinson and John a Negro boy 
of Col. Cadwallader. 

Bapti’d. Susannah a child at Mrs. Rogers. 


Baptized Lucretia Gordon child of Wm. and Jackson. 


Bap. Ambo, a free Negro woman. 

Married Niel Menaugh and Abigail Connor. 

Bap. Mary daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth Throgmorton. 
Married Thos. Hiltzimer of Philadel. and Theodosia Imley, of Trenton. 
Bap. Alexander son of John and Sarah Abercrombie. 


Baptized Richard John, son of Joseph & Mary Bond. 
Baptized Philip Fister Bellamy, son of Wm. and 
Married Pontius D. Stelle and Mrs. Beula Wharton. 


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Bellamy. 


April 24 
28 
19 
20 
27 
Nova 3 
12 
12 
12 


May 
Oct. 


1791 
Aug. 14 


1788 
Oct. 12 


176 ) 
July 17 


1770 
ane 2 


1770 
Mar. 23 


1779 


June 14 


1770 
Nov. 29 


Gok! 
Feb. 22 


Mar. 10 


APPENDIX P 


Married Henry Jones and Sarah Cowell of Trenton. 

Married Jacob Hester and Mary Dippolt, of Trenton. 

Married Joseph McCreight and Martha Hart. 

Baptized Philip son of John and Ann Dougherty. 

Married John Williams and Sarah Munday. 

Baptized Nich. G. Rutgers Rhea, son of Jonathan and Mary Rhea. 

Married John Moodie and of Trenton. 

Baptized Elisabeth an adult, daughter of John Moodie. 

Baptized Thomas Hughes and Mary, children of Michael and Fanny 
Roberts, of Philadelphia. 


Baptized Caroline Florence, daughter of General Knox, and Caroline 
Knox, daughter of Sam’]. Ogden, omitted. 


Baptized Sarah, child of David and Elizabeth White, of the Island of 
Jamaica, omitted. 
Married Jacob Huff and Elizabeth Creamer at General Dickinsons. 
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[12] 
TRENTON 


MARRIAGES 


to Banns 


Ann Leister 


Micajah Howe, Esq. 
to 


Sarah Field 


License 


OO e Oy) Oe OO RO.) OL OL, BG, Oe Sie OK 16) VO Ole) OOS Le 


Hosier McFall 


Patrick Parks 
to 
Ann Gregoree 


Banns 


Aron Quigly 
to 


Abagail Reed 


License 


SG OO OOO, ORO 1:8 en Oe OS & ART OR LSS SR Oe 


t. Banns 
Margret Mahany 


Nat. Lewis 
to 
Lucy Lawrence 
Nat. Parker 
to 
Martha Plummer 


License 


Cre 0 16) oF. Ce Te 4 BLO Lene] 6 6n CVS Cue Oe we © 


License 


ye ay wt eb Nek Lee Tm fume ew fone SUMO lel Jaman Vale Re JP RC aie AOR Sat See", 


Thos. Healwood 


HISTORY OF ST. WICHAEL'S ‘CHURCH 


23 


1769 
Aug. 17 
Nov. 20 
ecg 

1770 
Feb. 12 
July 10 
Oct. 20 
Nov. 7 
Dec. 18 

1771 
April 28 


1772 
Feb. I 


II 


I8II 
April 14 


April 21 


Jacob Booce 


CO iy RE Ra et Seah ep oe a License 
Barbara Harman 
James Cooper 

CO TR ae a gs AN gl ihe Lh amen i aa License 
Eliz. Duglass 
Robt. Hoops 

CO OE SREe PD Sa Oe> ala he. bled CoN SNS ae ee License 


Martha Cottnam 


[12] 


TRENTON 
BURIALS 

John Allen, Esq. Feb. 17. Nat. Parker 
Jane Appleton April 1 Eliz. Lawrence 
Catherine Parker 5 Mary Ingleheart 

Aug. 10 Thomas Hankison 
Mary Bond Oct. 12 Susana Grace Thomson 
William Livesey Oct. 16 Mary Witte 
Pontius Stelle 1g Charles Clunn 
Sarah Harcourt Nov. 2 Jane Holdin 
Mary Spencer 3. Barbara Shepeck 

Dec. 3 John East 
Mary Pearson 15 Mary Trent, aged 83 years 
John Braithwait 1793 

April 12 Darby Whealon 
Ann Ryan Charles Clunn 


Catherine Williams 


[13] 
Baptisms by tbe REVEREND Joun Warp 

Ages 
Joseph-Milnor 
Charles Children to Charles & 
Elizabeth-Coles Charlotte Higbee 
Charlotte-Townsend 
Elizabeth-Lawrence, wife to Joseph Higbee 37 years 
Catherine, daughter to Joseph & Rachel Higbee 53 years 
Esther, daughter to David & Elizabeth Brearley 33 years 
Joseph-Charles 15 years 
Virginia 14 years 
Lucy-Ann 13 years 
Elizabeth-Lawrence I2 years 
Charlotte-Neilson Children to Joseph & IO years 
Sarah-Milnor Elizabeth Higbee 7 years 
Mary-Randolph 6 years 
Lewis-Pemberton 2 years 
Theodosia Woods born Sept. 8, 1815 5 months 


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APPENDIX P 


Westley-Pearson 
Theodosia-Philadelphia | Children to Pearson & 


Sally-Milnor Rachel Hunt 9 
Robert-Abraham 7 
1812 
Jan. 26 Ann, daughter of 
April11 Margaret, daughter of Alexander & Jane Corey. 
Sept. 5 Isabella, daughter of Armstrong. 
Baptisms by the REVEREND Mr. Crogs 
1814 
May 15 John, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Johnston 8 months 5 
Theodosia Wood Higbee, daughter of Charles & 


Charlotte Higbee 


Baptism by the Rev. Mr. Bayarp 
Aug. 2 Emily Hopkinson, daughter of Ebenezer & Ann Stout 1 yr. 1 mo. 25 da. 


1817. Baptism by the Rev’p. Mr. CAMPBELL 
Oct. 19 Cornelia Lawrence, daughter of Wm. & Jane Garey 2 yr. 2 mo. 6d. 


Baptism by Mr. Warp 
James T. Higbee, son of Charles & Charlotte Higbee. 


Baptism by the Rev’p. Mr. SHERWOOD 
Anne Higbee, daughter of Charles & Charlotte Higbee. 


[14] 
Baptisms by the Rev’p. Mr. MontGoMERyY 


John Preston, son of David & Eliz. Preston, born Feb. 1, 1817. 
Theodore & George, sons of Lewis & Cornelia Thompson. 
Frances, daughter of Charles & Charlotte Higbee. 
Elbridge Llewellyn, son of Elbridge and Elizabeth Ware, 

-born Oct. Io, 1817. 


Baptisms by the Rev’p. Mr. CarTER 


Nov. 8 Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel & Hetty Newell, aged = g mon. 15 days. 


Baptisms by the Rev’p. Mr. Boyp 


Dec. to Anna Maria, daughter of Abiel & Maria Carter, 
born Sept. 22, 1818, 2 


Baptism by the Rev’p. Mr. Carter 


Louisa, daughter of John & Anna Marie Shaffer, born Dec. 26, 1818. 
Samuel, son of Arthur & Corry. 

James F., son of Joseph & Mary Bond. 

Joseph Alonzo, son of James F. & Anna Bond, born April 13, 1818. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


1818 
Dec. 20 
Dec. 20 

181g 
Jan. Io 


April 9 


June 3 
July 8 


July 9 


1818 
Sept. 
Dec. 20 


Dec. 20 


[15] 
PARISH REGISTER 


OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH TRENTON 


COMMENCING WITH THE RECTORSHIP OF THE 
REV D. ABIEL CARTER 


Married by the Right Rev’d. Bishop Croes, John R. Thompson to Ann 
Montgomery. 

Buried Sally Milnor Hunt, daughter of Pearson and Rachel Hunt. 

Baptism by the Rector, Elisabeth, daughter of Samuel and Hetty Newell, 
of Allentown, born Jan. 25, 1818. 

Baptised by the Rev’d. Mr. Boyd, of Philadelphia, Anna Maria, born 
Sept. 22, 1818, daughter of Abiel and Maria B. Carter. 

Baptised by the Rector, Louisa, born Dec. 26, 1818, daughter of John & 
Anna Maria Shaffer. 

Baptised, by the Rector, Samuel, born ................ son of Arthur and Mary 
Correy. 

A. CarTER, Rector. 


[16 ] 


Burried, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, wife of Hugh Hamilton. 
Burried Samuel, infant son of Arthur and Mary Correy. 


Baptised, James F. Bond, an adult, also at the same time Joseph Alonso, 
born April 13, 1818, infant son of James F. & Anna Bond, & at the same 
time Baptised the children of Hugh, and the late Sarah Hamilton whose 
names and ages are respectively as follows: 

Julia Ann, born Jan. 12, 1804. 
Clementina, born’, Sia)..4.08 
Alexander, born 
Mary, born 
By Mr. A. Carter. 
Burried Miss Hetty Brearly. 
Baptised Mrs. Lydia Mott, wife of John Mott, of Morrisville, by me. 
A. CARTER. 

Married by the Rector, John Johnson to Rosanna Runnels. 

Baptised by the Rector, John, born May 13, 1819, son of James A. and 

Maria Stevens, which child died and was 

Burried the next day. A. CarTEr, Rector. 


[17] 
BURIALS 


In St. Michael’s Church Yard, Trenton 


Sally Milnor Hunt (Fever) Aged 
Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, (Died Dec. 17 of 

Consumption) Aged about 40 years 
Samuel Corry, (an infant) Aged about I year 


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Eo 


1819 
Feb. 14 
July 9 
Aug. 15 
Dec. 20 

1820 
Jan. 14 
Jan. 19 
May 4 
July 27 
Aug. 18 
Sept. 12 
Sept. 21 


APPENDIX P 


Miss Hetty Brearly, Died Feb. 12, 

John Stevens, (an infant) 

Walter Townsend Higbee 

Mrs. Ann Burhart, (Burnt by falling in fire) 


Miss Theodosia Pearson (in family yard) 
Robert Pearson, Sen’r. (in family yard) 

Mrs. Rebecca Frazer, (Wid. of Rec. Wm. F.) 
Lavinia, infant child of Charles Higbee 
Crook Stevenson (Drowned at Long Branch) 


William Clark 
Emiline Augusta Ware 


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1819 


July 18 
July 19 
Nov. 7 
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17 

a1 
1820 


CHRISTIAN NAME 


BIRTH 


PARENTS 


Aged 

Aged 2 months 
Aged 6% months 
Nearly 80 years 


About 30 years 
About 80 years 
About 70 years 
2 months old 


I year 
14 months 


[19] 
MINISTER 


John. died next day May 13,1819 James A.& MariaStevens A. Carter 


Walter Townsend Jan. 31,1819 Charles & Charlotte Higbee 
May 28, 1819 Garret D. & Mary Wall * 
. & Maria Stevens Dr. Beach 


James Walter 
Jas. Alexander 


Catharine Maria Jan. 
Emiline Augusta July 
Thomas Sept. 
William Aug. 
Sarah Aug. 
beter Nov. 
Aaron Dickinson Aug. 
Lewis, (diedthe Oct. 
same day) 
John Nov. 
Ann Sept. 
Louisa Sept. 
Maria Caroline _— Sept. 
Samuel Sept. 
Wm. Humphreys Sept. 
Mary Matilda July 


Ab’m. Beach 


May 11,1816 JamesA 


ce 


13, 1818 


20, 1819 Elbridge & Betty Ware 
28,1819 Thomas and..... 


28, 1819 John and Jane Clark 
30, 1819 Sam’l. & Hetty Newell 


“e 


A. Carter 


Preston 
W. A. Muhlenberg 
A. Carter 


7, 1818 William & Jane Gary a 
3,187 Geo. & Jane Woodruff * 
30, 1819 Hascott & Abigail 
Disborough cS 
25, 1809 Sam’l. & Adams a 
29, I8ilI ¢ «ec ee 
24. 1813 «¢ &é “ce 
12, 1815 “¢ «ec sé 
tae 1817 ceé «e 6¢ 
r 1819 6¢ cé «sé 


25,1819 John R. & Ann Thompson 
May 6,1820 Abiel & Maria B. Carter 


Sam’|. H. Turner 


Lavinia, died same May 20, 1820 Charles & Charlotte Higbee 


day 
Betsey Oct. 
Sarah (Col’d) Dec. 
Charlotte Oct. 
Charlotte Higbee 
Robert Aug. 
Isabella 
Emily 


Harriet Crooke July 


A. Carter 


26, 1819 Henry & Catharine O’Hara a. 


15,1796 Wife of Robert Henson 
14,1819 Robert & Sarah Henson 


Daughter of 


10, 1819 John & Margaret Dixon 
April 6, 1820 Jonathon & Jane Clark if 
Feb. 10, 1815 Crooke & Mary Stevenson Ss 


1, 1818 py 


Kotor 


Cole a 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Nov. 21 


Dec. 20 


[20 ] 
MARRIAGES 
in the Parish of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton 
John R. Thompson & Ann Montgomery By Bp. Croes 
John Johnson & Rosanna Runnells By A. Carter 
Samuel W. Potter & Caroline Runyan By A. Carter 
John Harrison & Ellen Simons By A. Carter 


[21] 


Baptised Walter Townsend, born Jan. 31, 1819, son of Charles and Char- 
lotte Higbee, by the Rector. 

Buried the above named child. 

Baptised by the Rector James Walter, born May 28, 1819, son of Garret 
D. & Mary Wall. 

Married by the Rector, on Mill Hill, Samuel W. Potter to Caroline 
Runyan. 

A. CARTER. 

Baptised by the Rev’d. Dr. Beach, James Alexander, born May 11, 1816, 
and Catharine Maria, born Jan. 13, 1818, children of James A. and 
Maria Stevens. 

Baptised by the Rector, Emeline Augusta, born July 20, 1819, daughter 
of Elbridge & Betsey Ware. 

Buried Mrs. Ann. Burhart. This was an old lady who for many years kept 
a small school in Trenton, but from age and infirmity had relinquished 
it, and being very indigent lived entirely alone. On Sunday morning 
Dec. 19, she was discovered in her room with her head in the fireplace, 
her clothes entirely burnt up, and her body burnt in a most shocking 
manner. It is supposed that she was overcome by sleep or else that she 
was seized with a fit and fell from her chair into the fire. 

A. Carter, Rector Elect. 


[ 22] 


Baptised by the Rev’d. W. A. Muhlenberg, of Philadel., Thomas, born 

Sept. 28, 1819, son of Thomas & Preston. 

Buried in the family burying ground, Miss Theodosia Pearson, daughter 
of Robert Pearson, Sen. 

Married by the Rector, John Harrison to Ellen Simons. 

Buried in the family burying ground, Robert Pearson (Senior). 

Baptised by the Rector, William, born Aug. 28, 1819, son of John and 
Jane Clark. 

Baptised by the Rector, Sarah, born Aug. 30, 1819, daughter of Sam’. & 
Hetty Newell, of Allentown. 

Baptized by the Rector, Peter, born Nov. 7, 1818, son of Dr. William & 
Jane Gary, of Flemington. 


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Baptized by the Rector, Aaron Dickinson, born Aug. 3, 1817, son of 


George & Jane Woodruff. (Omitted by mistake or neglect) 


May 4 Buried Mrs. Rebecca Frazer, widow of the late Rev’d. William Frazer, 


Rector of this Church. 


A. Carter, Rector. 





May 


May 
July 
July 


July 
Aug. 


Aug. 


Sept. 


Nov. 


28 


. 28 


28 


[23 ] 
Baptized by the Rector, John, born Nov. 25, 1809, Ann, born Sept. 29, 
1811. Louisa, born Sept. 24, 1813, Maria Caroline, born Sept. 12, 1815, 
Sam’l., born Sept. 12, 1817, William Humphreys, born Sept. 1, 1819, 
children of Samuel & Adams. 
Baptized by the Rector, Mary Matilda, born July 25, 1819, daughter of 
John K. & Ann Thompson. 
Baptized by the Rev’d. Samuel H. Turner, Abraham Beach, born May 6, 
1820, son of Abiel and Maria B. Carter. 
Baptized by the Rector, Lavinia, born May 20, 1820, daughter of Charles 
and Charlotte Higbee. 
Buried the above child the same day. 
Baptized by the Rector, Betsey, born Oct. 26, 1819, daughter of Henry 
and Catharine O’Hara. 
Baptized by the Rector, Sarah, wife of Robert Henson, and Charlotte, 
born Oct. 14, 1819, daughter of the same. 
Baptized by the Rector, Miss Charlotte Higbee Coles, from Dorsorus, 
Long Island, now residing with her Aunt, Mrs. C. Higbee. 
A. CarTER, Rector. 


[24 ] 

Buried Crooke Stevenson, drowned on the morning of yesterday at Long 
Branch. 

Buried William, infant son of John and Jane Clark. 

Baptized by the Rector, Robert, born Aug. 10, 1819, son of John and 
Margaret Dixon. 

Baptized by the Rector, Isabella, born April 6, 1820, daughter of Jona- 
than and Jane Clark. 

Buried Emiline Augusta, infant daughter of Elbridge and Elizabeth Ware, 

Baptized by the Rector, Emily, born Feb. 10, 1815, and Harriet Crooke, 
born July 1, 1818, children of the late Crooke Stevenson & Mary his 
wife. 

Baptized by the Rector, Mrs. Eliza Dewitt, wife of Mr. John Mershon 
and daughter of Mr. George Ryall. 

Baptized by the Rector, at the house of Mr. James P. Morris, in Pennsyl- 
vania, Catharine, daughter of John and Anna Maria Schaffer, born 
Nov. 22, 1820. 

A. CarTER, Rector. 


[25] 
Baptized by the Rector, Eliza, daughter of James P. and Rosa Morris 
(of Penn.), born Aug. 26, 1820. 


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1821 

Jan. 11 Baptized by the Rev’d. G. H. Woodruff, Elizabeth, daughter of David 
and Elizabeth Preston, born Jan. 1821. 

Feb. 11 Buried Mrs. Sarah Hall, an aged woman. Rev’d. Mr. Woodruff attended 
the funeral. 

April 13 Buried Mrs. Lucia Waddell, widow of the late Rev’d Dr. Waddell, Rector 
of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton. Mrs. W. was buried in the same 
grave with her late husband. 

April 18 Buried on the North side of the yard, near the fence, Dennis Cain, a pen- 
sioner of the U.S., aged about 76 years. 

May 10 Married by the Rector, William H. Welling to Rachel H. Potter. These 
persons belong to the Presbyterian Church, and were married by me, 
in consequence of their Church being destitute of a Pastor. 

Atten. ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 


[ 26 ] 


May 24 Married by the Rector, Mr. Cornelius Raum to Miss Mary Corry, daugh- 
ter of Mr. Arthur Corry. 
Atten. ABIEL CARTER. 
June 18 Baptized by the Rector, Elizabeth Pemberton Waddell, born June 2, 
1819, and George Waddell, born Sept. 14, 1820, children of Henry L. 
Waddell, Esq., and Elizabeth, his wife, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania. 
Eliz. P. Waddell 1819, and George Waddell, born Sept. 14, 1820, children of 
Geo. Waddell Henry L. Waddell, Esq. and Elizabeth, his wife, of Morris- 
private ville, Pennsylvania. 
July 6 Married on Friday evening, July 6, 1821, Mr. Jacob Waldburg, of Sa- 
vannah, Geo., to Miss Elizabeth Lawrence, third daughter of Joseph 
Higbee, Esquire, by me. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
July 9 Buried, this day, inacemetery attached toa Baptist meeting house, about 
three miles west of her late residence, Miss Sally Lawrence (aged about 
70 years) of the place commonly called “Mulberry Hill,” near Allen- 


town. 
ABIEL CARTER. 


July 10 Baptized Mary Haster, born June 21, 1819 and Robert (Udolphus) 
Haster, born March 26, 1821, children of John and Rhoda Haster. 
Private. ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 


[27] 
July 31 Baptized William, son of Benjamin and Deborah Bryant, born July 18, 
1821, by me Abiel Carter (Rector). (Private) (This child died soon 
after baptism.) 
Aug. g Married in Bucks County, Penn., on Thursday evening, August g, 1821, 
Mr. Joseph Lewis Cunningham, of Boston, Mass., to Miss Mary Ann 
Riche Inman. 
By Asrev Carter, Rector. 
Aug. g Baptized at the house of her father in Bucks County, Penn., Rosa Living- 
ston, born Aug. 7, 1820, daughter of Charles Swift and Sarah Coombe 


Riche. 
By me, Abie CarTEr, Rector. 


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Aug. 10 Baptized the following, the children of James and Sarah Johnson. 
Eliza, born Sept. 5, 1802, 
Mary, born Aug. 1, 1805, 
Catharine, born Mar. 24, 1808, 
Sarah Ann, born Sept. 5, 1810, 
Jane, born July 25, 1813, 
Hannah Howell, born Dec. 27, 1815. 
By me, ABIEL CarTEr, Rector. 


[ 28 ] 
Aug. 12 Baptized Miss Jane Burns Ryno, born March 1g, 1807, daughter of 
Ephraim and Sarah Ryno. 
By me, ABIEL CarTEr, Rector. 
Aug. 18 Baptized Mrs. Eliza Loats, born 
By me, ABIEL CARTER. 
Aug. 19 Baptized Mr. John Mott, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania. 
By ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
Aug. 19 Confirmed by the Rt. Rev’d. Bishop Croes. 


Mrs. Theodosia Woods Miss Julia Ann Hamilton 
Mrs. Lydia Mott Clementina Hamilton 
Mrs. Eliza D. Mershon Eliza Johnson 
Mr. John Mershon Mary Johnson 
Mr. John Mott Louise Lamaud 
James Swan Sarah M. Higbee 
Patrick H. Woodruff Mary R. Higbee 
Robert J. Woodruff Ann Higbee 
Joseph M. Higbee Mrs. Eliza Loats 
Joseph O’Hara Miss Mary Ann O’Hara 
Miss Susan Brittain Jane B. Ryno 
Elizabeth Corry Elizabeth Pearson 
Jane Leggett Corry Sarah Pearson 
Jane Gary Sarah Hay 
Rebecca Gary Elizabeth L. Hay 


Attest—ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 


[29 ] 
1821 
Aug. 20 Baptized Susan, born Aug. 5, 1821, daughter of John & Jane Dixon. 
(Aug. 22, Convention) By me, ABrteL Carter, Rector. 


Sept. 6 Baptized Rebecca Ann, daughter of John and Rosanna Johnson, born 
March 5, 1820. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
Sept. 6 Baptized Louisa, born Nov. 9, 1819, daughter of Laurence and Susanna 
Kuzmul. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
Sept. 16 Baptized Anna, born April 20, 1819, 
“Henry, born May 11, 1821, 
children of Henry and Mary Mc Veay, of Penn. 
By me, ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Sept. 16 Baptized Mary Frances, born April 17, 1813, daughter of Daniel and 
Ann Ryall, both deceased. This child was presented for baptism by her 
Aunt Miss Mary Ryall, by whom she has been adopted. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 


[30] 
Sept. 22 Married Mr. William Berrian, to Miss Mary Boisnot, at the house of 
Mr. Ephraim Ryno. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
Sept. 23 Baptized Mary Sophia, born Aug. 15, 1821, daughter of Joseph and Mary 
Quintin, of Pennsylvania. 
ApBIEL CarTER, Rector. 
Oct. 7 Baptized Gertrude Covert, in her 16th year, daughter of John and Jane 
Covert. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
Oct. 7 Baptized Keziah Wilson 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
Oct. 13 Married, at my house Mr. James Williamson to Miss Mary Nickle, both 
natives of Ireland, and residents in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 


Jan. 6 Baptized Emeline Augusta, born 1821, daughter of 
Elbridge and Elizabeth Ware. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 


[31] 
Jan. g Married, at the house of Mr. William Rodman, in Bucks County, Penn., 
Doct. John Ruan to Miss Susan Rodman. 
(Wednesday) A. Carter, Rector. 
Jan. 18 Baptized the following children of James and Margaret Hunt. 
Sarah, born Nov. 21, 1802, 
Thomas, born March 16, 1805, 
Margaret, born Feb. 24, 1810, 
James, born June 3, 1812, 
Ann Eliza, born Jan. 27, 1815, also 
Benjamin, born Aug. 4, 1816, son of 
George and Elizabeth Hunt. 
A. Carter, Rector. 
N.B. Jas. Hunt, the father, died March 
13, 1822, and was buried in the 
Methodist ground. A.C, 
Mar. 17 Baptized at my house, 
Charlotte, born July 18, 1819, 
Mary, born March 31, 1821, 
children of William and Mary Powers, from Ireland. 
A. Carter, Rector. 
Mar. 29 Buried on Friday afternoon, 29th of March, Mrs. Mary Wall, wife of 
Garret D. Wall, Esquire, and daughter of the late Colonel Jonathan 
Rhea. She died suddenly, on the night of Wednesday. 
A. CarTEr, Rector. 


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Mar. 31 


April. 5 


APPENDIX -P 


[32] 
Baptized Robert Montgomery, born 1821, son of Samuel 
and Hetty Newell, of Allentown. 
A. CARTER. 


Baptized Mrs. Harriet Lanning, also 


Good Friday ‘‘ Julia Ann, born Dec. 27, 1812, 


April 8 


April 14 


May 6 


May 9 


July 3 


July 4 


July 11 


July 27 


July 27 


July 30 


“Caroline, born April 26, 1815 
“Catharine, born Oct. 31, 1817, 
“‘ Elizabeth, born Feb. 6, 1820, 
Children of the above Mrs. Lanning. 
A. Carter, Rector. 


Baptized, on her bed of sickness at Lamberton, Mrs. Sarah Potts, wife of 
Wm. Potts. 
ABIEL CarTER, Rector. 
Baptized John born 
son of James A. and Maria Stevens. 
ABIEL CARTER. 
Baptized at Lamberton. 
Ann, born March 25, 1810, also 
Sarah, born Feb. 10, 1813, 
Children of Wm. and Sarah Potts. 
For these children, Misses Eliza Gibson and Susan Brittain stood as 
sponsors. 
ABIEL CARTER. 


[33] 
Married Mr. John Mark to Miss Maria Woodruff, daughter of the late 
Mr. Ogden Woodruff. 
By me, ABIEL CarTER. 


Buried near the East end of the Church, Col. James Johnston, of Savan- 
nah, Georgia, a summer resident in this City. 
ABIEL CARTER. 


Baptized Jane, daughter of David and Elizabeth Preston, born June 21, 
1822. . 
ABIEL CARTER. 
Buried an infant child of John & Rosanna Johnston. 
A. CarTER. 


Baptized Amelia, born Jan. 7, 1822, daughter of James A. and Maria 
Stevens. 
ABIEL CARTER. 


Baptized Susannah, born July 5, 1822, daughter of Andrew and Ann 
Noble. 


ABIEL CARTER. 


Baptized Charles Mortimer, born May 25, 1822, son of Henry L. and 
Elizabeth Waddell. 


ABIEL CARTER. 


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[34] 
Aug. 2 Buried Mrs. M. Weston, wife of Francis M. Weston, of S. Carolina. This 


lady had been traveling for her health, and having arrived here was 
unable to proceed farther. 
ABIEL CARTER. 
Aug. 4 Buried Amelia, infant daughter of James A. and Maria Stevens. 
ABIEL CARTER. 
Aug. 13 Buried Jane, infant daughter of David and Elizabeth Preston. 
(Convention A. CARTER. 
Aug. 22) 
Sept. 21 Married at my house, Christopher Marian to Barbary Ann Paulin, both 
German, and living at H. L. Waddells, Pa. 
ABIEL CARTER. 
Sept. 29 Baptized George Millen, son of Jacob and Elizabeth L. Waldburg. 
ABIEL CARTER. 
Oct. 14 Baptized at Morrisville, Pa., on her bed of sickness, Molly Mitchell, aged 
about 60 years. 
ABIEL CARTER. 


[35] 
Oct. 17 Baptized at the residence of her Father, in Bucks County, Pa., Mary, 


daughter of James P. and Rosa Morris, born Aug. 5, 1822. 
ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 
Oct. 20 Baptized Thomas Robert Taylor, an adult, aged about 25 years. 
ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 
Oct. 20 Baptized, 
Mary, born May 18, 1811, 
John, born Feb. 18, 1813, 
Gilbert, born Jan. 29, 1815, 
Rebecca, born May 12, 1817, 
William, born Aug. 12, 1820, 
Children of William and Susan Roe. 
ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 
Oct. 20 Baptized Catharine, born Aug. 21, 1822, daughter of Cornelius and Mary 
Raum. 
ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 
Oct. 25 Baptized William Montgomery, born March 11, 1822, son of John R. and 
Ann Thompson. 
ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 


[ 36] 


ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 
Nov. 3 Baptized Catharine Margaret and Elizabeth Rose, twin daughters of the 
late Joseph Brittain, and Sarah his wife. These chidren were born on 
the roth day of June 1810. 





Nov. 3 Baptized Mrs. Mary Frances Glen. 


ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 
Nov. 3 Baptized William Sproals, born Nov. 2, 1812, 
i James Bowden, born Sept. 10, 1816, 
John Lowry, born Dec. 29, 1818, 
Children of William and Elizabeth Robinson. 


«é 


ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 


C 404 J] 


Nov. 3 


Nov. 3 


APEENDUX «P 


Baptized Charles, born Aug. 12, 1822, son of Henry and Catharine 
O’Hara. 
ABIEL CARTER. 
Baptized Virginia, daughter of Joseph Higbee, Jun’r. and Eleanor, his 
wife, born August 1820. 
ABIEL CarTER, R’r. 


Nov. 4 Baptized William Baker, born Oct. 22, 1815, son of Joseph and Sarah 


Brittain. 
ABIEL CARTER. 


Note: On Sunday Nov. 3, was dissolved my official connection with St. Michaels Church, 


April 21 


May 25 


May 26 


June I 


June 25 


Trenton. 
ABIEL CARTER. 


[373 
Ann Spencer Halsted, born May 17, 1820, and Benjamin Bostock Hal- 
sted, born June 13, 1822, children of William & Frances Mary Halsted, 
were baptized this day, by the Rev’d. David Moore, A.M., Rector of 
Saint Andrews Church, Staten Island, N.Y. 
P. F. GLEntwortn, Ch. Warden. 


Married on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 12, 1823, in Saint Michael’s Church, 
Trenton, immediately after divine service, in the presence of the con- 
gregation, by the Rev’d. Lewis P. Bayard, Rector of Trinity Church, 
New Rochelle, West Chester County, in the State of New York. The 
Rev'd. Thomas Lyell, D.D., Rector of Christ Church, in the City of 
New York, to Miss Julia Ann Rhea, daughter of the late Col. Jonathan 
Rhea of this City. 

P. F. GLEntwortn, Ch. Warden. 


Baptized, Eliza Cearns, (aged 7 years), Maria Cearns (4 years) & Thomas 
Cearns (aged 13 months), children of Thomas Cearns & Sarah his wife. 
Wo. L. Jounson, R’r. 


Map azedi | Onn NICGATY etek asi ale vere ai sev ada aged g years, 
BLliZG DObMar. Va ay din anata reatdeay sittue nals 5 years, 
HEOMTAS Pen cane ect ael sc thc lis har eo eta 6 months, 
PANE PR NN Ure ai arbi tat oes aha abe a sd 3 years, 


Children of Matthew Barron & Maria, his wife. 
W. L. Jounson, R’r. 


Baptized, Wm. Waterley Weller, child of Maria Weller. 
W. L. Jounson. 


[38] 
Buried June 1, Thos. Cearns, infant child of Thos. Cearns & Sarah, his 
wife, Morrisville, Pa. 


W. L. Jounson, R’r. 
Baptized at Mr. Waddell’s, Pa., Philip Henry, son of Christopher & 


Barbara Marian. 


W. L. Jounson, R’r. 


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July 20 Baptized in the Church, Sunday a.m., Mary, daughter of Samuel Newell, 
of Allentown, and Betty, his wife, born March 3o. 
W. L. Jounson, 


July 27 Buried George Dabile, of Gottingen, living with Mr. Waddell, Pa. 
Wo. L. Jounson, R’r. 


July 28 Buried William Humphreys, of Trenton, in the South part of the yard 
against the fence. 
Ws. L. Jounson, Rector. 


Aug. 2 Baptized Margaret, daughter of James & Margaret Short, aged 7 months. 
W. L. Jounson, R’r. 


Aug. 5 Baptized Amelia, daughter of Robert Henson & Sarah, his wife, born 
1821, Colored. 
W. L. Jounson. 


Aug. 7 Buried in the ground belonging to the African Methodist Epis’l. Church, 
Amelia, the infant daughter of Robert Henson & Sarah, his wife. 
W.L. Jounson. 


Oct. 22 Buried in the ground belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal 
Church, Catherine, wife of Robert Steward. 
W. L. Jounson. 
Oct. 24 Baptized, Charles, son of Jas. Dixon and Maria, his wife. 
Wsbek 
Dec. 6 Buried Mrs. Margaret Clunn, aged 84, of Trenton. 
W. L. Jounson. 


Dec. 7 Buried, Pauline, infant child of Mrs. Holton & Joseph Buonaparte. 
W. L. Jounson. 


[39] 
Dec. g Baptized, Rebecca Cain, adult, and also 
Charles 9 years 
Aged } Rebecca Frazer 6 years | Children. 
William & 
Sarah I 
of Charles & Rebecca Cain. 
We Loy; 


Dec. g Buried, Thomas, infant child of Charles & Rebecca Cain. 
Ws. L. Jounson, Rector. 


Dec. 15 Baptized, Sarah Aged 6 years 
Thos. Pierce 4 
Elizabeth I 


children of Thomas & Sarah Johnston. 
W. L. Jounson, R. 
Dec. 18 Buried Mrs. Jane Benjamin, aged 98 years. 
W. L. J. 
Dec. 23 Married, on Mill Hill, Mr. Chas. Moore to Miss Elizabeth Corry, daugh- 
ter of Arthur Corry. 
Wo. L. Jounson, Rector. 


Dec. 25 Baptized, Plunket Theodore, son of George and Sophia Glentworth. 
Wy». L. Jounson. 


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. 26 


. 28 


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[40] 
Buried, Elizabeth, infant child of John and Catherine Hester. 
Wo. L. Jounson, Rector. 


Baptized, William, son of Henry McVay & Mary his wife, at the same 
time, baptized Joseph, son of James & Nancy Murphy. 
Ws. L. Jounson, R’r. 
Married, at Mr. John Noble’s, in the City of Trenton, Mr. Joseph 
McCarragher to Miss Lilly Noble. 
Wo. L. Jounson. 


Married, at the tavern of Jacob Hester, Samuel Koon to Almira Walton. 
Ws. L. Jounson. 


Buried, Mrs. Catherine Slack, of Bloomsbury, aged 85 years. 
Widely 
Baptized, Mary, daughter of William & Jane Hart, at the same time, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Cornelius & Mary Raum. 
Welt: 


[41] 
Buried, Lucia, infant daughter of Mr. Henry Waddell, Pa. 
Ws. L. Jounson. 


Married, Mr. Elias Kelly to Miss Kesiah Corry, both of Upper Freehold. 
Walia. 


Baptized, Ann & Joseph, children of Mr. John Savage, of Lamberton & 
Hetty his wife. 
Wal]: 


Married, Don Carlos Hall, Esq., of Baltimore, Md., to Miss Eliza Rob- 
erts, of Trenton, (people of colour). Wom. L. J. 


Married, at Bloomsbury, Mansfield Herbert to Miss Susan Houton. 
(Coloured). 
Ws. L. J. 
Baptized, Isabel, daughter of Andrew Noble, of Ireland. 
Wo. L. J. 
Married, Mr. John Ryno to Miss Julia Ann Rednor. 
Wo. L, Jounson, R’r. 


[42] 
Married, William Gillespy to Mrs. Martha Petit, also at the same time, 
John Bryson Smithson to Miss Nancy Dixon. 
Wily 
Baptized, William, son of William and Mary Powers. 
Wie dans 


Baptized, Elizabeth Roosevelt, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. & Mary 


Johnson, by Rev. P. S. TenBroek, of Portland, Maine. 
Wake]: 


April 24 Baptized, Emily Ryall, an adult. 


26 


Baptized, Mary Jane, daughter of John & Maria Dixon. 


Lemoger| 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


May 4 


Mar. 12 


The following persons were confirmed by the Right Rev’d. Bishop Croes, 
in St. Michael’s Church, Trenton. 
Miss Jane Corry 
Miss Elizabeth Clark 
Mr. Joseph Clark 
Mr. Wm. Dixon 
Mr. John Dixon 


Miss Mary Furman 

Miss Wilhelmina Garey 
Miss Elizabeth Higbee 
Miss Charlotte Higbee 
Mr. Charles Higbee, Jun. 


aoe: [43 ] 
Mr. Lewis Higbee 


Miss Mary Roe 
Mrs. Susan Roe 


Mrs. Nancy Smithson 
Miss Catherine Thompson 


W.L. Jounson, Rector. 


Baptized, Joseph & | Aged 9 months 
William Aged two years & 6 months 

Children of James and Ann Hamilton. 

Baptized at Riche’s Manor, Pa., Susan Inman, infant child of Charles S, 
& Sarah Riche. 

Buried, Enoch Green, infant son of John David Green, of this place. 

Buried, David, infant son of John David Green, of this place. 

Baptized, Hannah, aged 2 years and 1 month, daughter of John & 
Rosanna Johnson, of Bloomsbury. 

Married, at the house of Mr. Bispham, Thos. Vanpelt to Alice Campbell, 
both of Bucks County, Pa. 

Buried, Thomas Johnston, a native of Ireland. 

Baptized, Mary Lawrence, daughter of — and Mary Pennington, of Mul- 
berry Hill, near Allentown. 

Baptized, Elizabeth Lawrence, infant daughter of Jacob & Elizabeth 
Waldeburgh, of Savannah, Geo. 


[44] 
Buried, from the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. Longstreth of Milham, 
Charles Lupp, of New Brunswick. 
Buried, Moore Furman Hunt, in the 21st year of his age. 
Buried, Mr. Chas. Yard of this place. 


Married, Charles Kinsey of New York to Eliza Brown, of Bristol, Pa. 

Married, Abraham Prall Atkinson to Lydia Stowell, both of this place. 

Buried, LaFayette, son of Robert and Rachel Field, of this place.— 
People of colour. 

Buried, Susanna Matilda Hunt, the youngest & only remaining daughter 
of the late Gen. Peter Hunt, of Lamberton, in the 17th year of her age. 
She died triumphant in faith & full of hope. God grant the dear girl a 
happy resurrection. 

Waele 

Buried in the old Baptist burying ground, at Bloomsbury, Mrs. Ann 


Jones, aged 66 years. 
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Omitted. 


Kebjac 


Mar. 21 


April 9 
April 13 


April 23 


April 26 


May 22 


June 28 
July 10 


Aug. 22 


ARPEN DEX" P 


Baptized, Juliet Louisa, aged 15 years, 
Euphemia Elizabeth, aged 8 years, 
Joseph Edwin, 12 years, 
Mary Ann, 4 months, (since dead) 
Children of Joseph and Sarah Potts. 
Baptized, Lois Bryant, aged 17 years & 
Hannah Robinson, aged 7 years, 
Children of Benjamin & Deborah Bryant. 
W. L. Jounson. 


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Baptized, Sarah Boardley, a woman of colour. 
Married, at the house of Mr. J. Morris, Bucks Co., Pa., the Rev. Wm. 
Chatterdon to Miss Louisa Morris. 
Baptized, on Mill Hill, ( Sarah G., aged 17 years, 
Drusilla eee | Oe 
Susanna 6 
Children of Jacob & Ann Probasco. 
Baptized, on Mill Hill, Sarah, aged 6 months, daughter of Elizabeth & 
Chas. Moore, at the same time & place, Mary Ann, aged 5 weeks, 
daughter of Cornelius & Mary Rome, also William aged 5 months, son 
of Wm. & Jane Hart. 
Baptized, Margaret, aged 4 months, daughter of John Bryson Smithson 
& Nancy his wife. 
Married, Mr. Samuel Biles to Miss Susan Howell, both of Trenton, N.J. 
Buried, Mrs. Hannah Simons, wife of Wm. Simons, of England. 
Baptized, James, son of James and Nancy Murphey. 
Buried, Mary Ryall, of a severe and distressing complaint, which she en- 
dured patiently, in the 49th year of her age. 


“ec 


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Buried, James, son of the late Gen. Wilson, Postmaster, in the gth year of 
his age. 
Baptized, Wm. Steinbach, aged 6 years, 
Chas. Frederick AW ins 
Mary VanUxem 2 
Pemberton Waddell 3 months 
Children of Frederick Martini, of Morrisville, Pa., and Nancy his wife. 
Buried Susan Forman, second daughter of the late Robert Forman, of 
Pittstown, N.J., in the 21st year of her age. 
Buried Harriet 3d daughter of Mr. Archib. McCall, of Bloomsbury, in the 
17th year of her age. 
Buried in the Presbyterian ground, Joseph, son of George Rossell, of 
Bloomsbury. 
Buried Joseph Bond, aged 83, of England. 
Baptized, on her sick bed, Mary Morgan Ryall, an adult. 
Buried Mary Morgan Ryall, aged 26. 


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April § 


Omitted 


1827 
May 27 


Dec. 


Baptized Sam’!. Roosevelt, son of Rev. W. L. Johnson & Mary his wife, 
aged 6 mo. 
Baptised Sarah, daughter of Andrew & Joanna Noble, aged 5 months. 
Wilayt 


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Baptized, Elizabeth Ann, aged 18 years, p 
John Rainbird, 19 
Joseph Augustus, 13 
Sarah Hunt, II 
Mary Louisa, 
Phil. Franklin, 
Wm. Bond, 
Wesley Hunt, 
Children of Philip and Elizabeth Slack. 
Buried David Green, aged 65 years. 
Baptized, Sarah, daughter.of Edward and Mary Dolton. 
Buried Eliza Ann, daughter of Philip & Elizabeth Slack, aged 18 years. 
Baptized William, son of Christopher & Barbara Marian, aged 10 months. 
Married on Mill Hill, John Haines to Mrs. Margaret Dablee, of Germany. 
Aug. 6 Baptized, John Cassey, son of Robert & Sarah 
1826 Henson, aged three months. 


Wwmrnyo 


Aug. g Baptized Robert, son of Robert & Sarah Henson, 
1826 aged 2 years. (coloured) 


Baptized, Arbonah Armelle Neltarh, an adult. 
W, an 


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Buried Miss Catherine Higbee, in the 69th year of her age. 

Married at Mr. Wm. Pearson’s, Mr. Jedekiah Curtis, of Wheeling, to 
Miss Sarah Pearson, youngest daughter of Mr. Wm. Pearson. 

Baptized, George, aged 4 years, Cinldcen iat 

Eliz. Virginia, I year, 
Thomas Miles and Elizabeth his wife. 

Buried, Benjamin Bryant, aged 49 years. 

Buried, Arthur Corry, of England, aged 53. 

Buried Mrs. Nancy Gregg, wife of Wm. Gregg, a native of England. 

Buried, Mr. Wm. Thompson. 

Baptized, Stacy Alpheus, son of Mr. Joseph Potts. 

Buried, infant child of Mr. Harry Waddell, Pa. 

Baptized, Pauline Josephine Laudy, of Lamberton, N.J., daughter of 
Hyacinthe Desire Laudy, of Metz (department of dela Moselle) France 
& Margaretta Janit Laudy. 

Married at Chestertown near Bordentown, Mr. Pearson, Esq. of Notting- 


ham township, to Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt. 
Wo. L. Jounson, Rector. 


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1828 
Feb. I 


Feb. 24 


July 16 


Aug. 14 


Nov. 6 
Nov. 7 


Nov. 24 


Nov. 25 
27 

Deon) 3 
1829 
April 19 


APPENDIX P 
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Buried, Charlotte Powers, aged 11 years, daughter of Wm. Powers, Pa., 
Morrisville. 

Buried Mr. John Anderson, of Trenton, in the 69th year of his age. 

Baptized Mary Ann, aged 2 months, daughter of Don Carlos Hall & 
Eliza his wife. 

Seen Sea ot oh Hannah Ann, aged 1 month, daughter of Samuel Roberts & 
Rebecca his wife. 

Baptized, New York, Louisa, daughter of Matthias Barron & Maria his 
wife. 

Buried, Joseph Ryno, aged three years, son of J. Ryno, 

Married at Belleville, N.J., at the house of Thos. S. Uffington, Esq., 
Thomas Nott, Jun., of the house of Nott & Sons, Philadelphia, to 
Anna U., daughter of T. S. Uffington. 

Baptized, Robert, son of Mrs. Nancy Murphy, on Sunday, May 11. 
Buried Sarah Tucker, daughter of the late Elle A. Tucker, aged 19 years. 
Married, July 31, Samuel Norris, of Bristol, Pa., to Sarah Briscoe of the 

same place. 

Buried Glentworth, son of Wm. Halsted, aged 4 weeks. 

Wm. L. Jounson, Rector. 


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Buried at the family ground, Bolton, Pa., Mrs. Phebe Chaderton, wife of 
Rev. Wm. Chaderton, and daughter of Mr. Morris. 
Buried, Mrs. Sarah Henson (coloured), also at the same time, 
Baptized, Wm., son of Robert and Sarah Henson, aged two days. 
Baptized, Henry, son of Jas. & Nancy Murphy, aged 4 months. 
The following persons were confirmed in St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, 
by the Right Rev. Bishop Croes. 


Mrs. Potts, Margaret Corry, 
Juliet Potts, Ann Creegg, 
Mary Hamilton, Mrs. Laning. 


Emily Ryall, 

Buried, Mr. Pearson Hunt, Cashier of the Trenton Banking Company, 
after a short but severe illness. 

Buried, Mrs. Jane Bryant, wife of Jonathan Bryant, Sexton of St. 
Michaels, in 78 year of her age. 

Buried, Mr. Samuel Rudolph, of Philadelphia. The deceased was very 
intemperate, & by mistake took a large dose of laudanum, during a 
drunken fit. A warning to all. 

Wy. L. Jounson, Rector. 


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Buried, Wm. son of Robert Henson, aged three months. (coloured) 
Buried, Mrs. Lydia Parker, of Mill Hill, aged 36. 
Married, Isaac G. Semour, of Geo., to C. E, Whitlock. 


Baptized, James, born March 16, 1828, & Caroline born Dec. 23, 1827, 
children of John and Agnes Young. 


Bate a at 


May 
May 


May 


June 
July 
July 
July 
July 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


April 22 Buried, Rebecca Frazer, aged 47 years, youngest daughter of the late 


6 
fs 


27 
29 


18 


31 


bape. 


22 
26 
28 


28 


2g 


Rev. Wm. Frazer, of this Church. 

Buried, Clara Vanpelt, aged 12, coloured. 

Buried, Mrs. Lucy Jarvis, relict of the Right Rev. Ab’m. Jarvis, Bishop 
of the Diocese of Connecticut, in the 80th year of her age. 

Buried, Mr. John Bellerjeau, aged 73. 

Buried, James Peter Hunt, aged 22, youngest son of the late Gen. Peter 
Hunt. 

Buried, Mrs. Young, of Yardeville. 

Buried Ann Mattison, a person of colour. 

Warried Robertiiensoit to.3..aetd nee eae. 

Married, on Mill Hill, William How to Minerva Gage. 

Buried, George Ryall, in the 88th year of his age. 

Wo. L. Jounson, Rector. 


[52] 

Buried, in the yard of the Présbyterian Congregation, Mrs. Mary Mount, 
wife of Wm. Mount and widow of Wm. Humphreys. 

Buried, Mrs. Mary Allison, widow of the late R. Allison, in the 51st year 
of her age. 

Baptized, Anna Leontine, daughter of Hyacinthe Desire Laudy, and 
Margaretta Janit his wife, also at the same time, Southey Littleton, 
son of John Savage & Anna his wife, both of Lamberton. 

Buried, Mr. Joseph Higbee, in the 68th year of his age, one of our most 
active & public spirited citizens. 


Baptized, by the Rev’d. David Moore, of Staten Island, Henry Whitlock, 
second son of Rev’d. W. L. Johnson, also by the same, 
George & Henry, children of Mr. Chas. Higbee & Charlotte his wife. 

Buried, Ephraim, infant child of John & Julia Ryno. 

Buried, Anna, eldest daughter of Henry Waddell, of Morrisville, Pa. 

Married at Bloomsbury, Thos, Boxingdale to Hannah Lonsdale, both of 
England. 

Baptized, on Mill Hill, Elizabeth, aged 7 years, daughter of Wm. Gregg, 
at the same time, Margaret, daughter of Cornelius & Mary Raum. 

Wo. L. Jounson, Rector. 


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Buried, Mrs. Jane Hart, daughter of Arthur Corry, deceased. : 
Buried, Miss Sarah Vandergrift, aged 23 years. 
Baptized, Sarah Elizabeth, the second daughter of Sam’l. & Rebecca 
Roberts. (Coloured) 
This day my official connection with St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, was 


dissolved. 
Wo. L. Jounson, 
Baptized, Fanny Milnor, daughter of the late J. K. Milnor of N.Y. 
at the same time, Wm. Henry, son of Wm. & Mary Hurley. 
Wale 
Baptized by Rev. W. L. Johnson, Lilly, daughter of Andrew Noble. 


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APPENDIX P 


April g Buried, Henry Clay, son of William and Frances M. Halsted, aged two 
years, 8 m. The Rev. Mr. Holdich of the Methodist Church attended 
and read the Burial Service. 

Joun Mersuon, Ch. W. of Vestry. 

Buried, Miss Mary Dover, of Philadelphia, aged about 40 years. The 
Rev. Joseph Holdich of the Methodist Church attended and read the 
burial service of our Church. This was a young lady who died at the 
house of Mrs, E. Nottingham, and was teacher of Music in her Semi- 
nary. 


June 21 


Joun Mersuon, Ch. W. of Vestry. 


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Persons baptized by Rev’p. Dr. BEASLEY, after bis acceptance of the 
charge of St. Michael's Church, Trenton, New Jersey 
Marriages celebrated by ¥. BEASLEY, in St. Michael’s Parish 
Funerals attended by ¥. BEas.ey, in St. Michael's Parish 

Official acts of the Rev. SAMUEL STARR, who accepted the Rectorship 
of St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, in October, and entered upon its 
duties, Dec. 4, 1836, being the second Sunday in Advent. 


Funerals attended by ¥. BEASLEY 


1830. 
Aug. 13. In Philadelphia, baptized four children of John H. Powell, Esq., first 
named DeVeaux, second Baring, the third Robert Hare, & the fourth 
Elizabeth, for all of whom Edward S. Burd, Esq., of Philadelphia stood 
Godfather. 
Sept. 10 Baptized, Mary Jane, daughter of Charles & Elizabeth Moore, now living 
in Philadelphia. Mrs. Moore & her sister Miss Corry, were Godmothers. 
1831. 
May 15 John Sunderland, son of Simon & Anna Martinet, born Aug. 20, 1831. 
22 Maria Doneillion, child of William & Frances Kearne. 
July 20 John, son of John R. & Hester Savage. 
1332. 
April 21 William, son of Mrs. Gillespie. 
27 Sarah Ann, infant of John & Catharine Young. 
22 Thomas, son of Nelson & Margaret Reynolds. 
28 Berkman & Joseph Napoleon, sons of Edmund L. & Emma Dubarry. 
July 5 Georgiana Evans, Hannah Anne & Catharine Matilda, daughters of John 
D. & Rhody Hester. 
22 James Parker, infant son of James & Mary Carrus. 
Sept. 2 Ann, infant daughter of James & Abelia Stanton. 
1 Jane, daughter of John & Agnes Young. 
Nov. 10 Lucien Charles, son of William & Mary Lance, of S. Carolina, born Sept. 
2, 1832, sponsors, Prince Lucien Murat & William G. Ramsay. 
1833. 
Jan. 22 Emily, daughter of Col. Thomas & Maria Cadwalader. 
June 13 Caroline Latitia, daughter of Prince Murat & his wife Caroline. 
Aug. 11 Virginia S. daughter of James & Ann Murphy. 
11 Thomas, son of John & Margaret Coulton, 4 mo. old. 
Oct. 4 Margaret Ann, daughter of Charles & Elizabeth Moore. 


Charlotte & Gertrude Maria, daughters of Cornelius & Mary Raum. 
Joseph Smith, son of Simon & Anna Martinette, born March 6, 1832. 


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27 
Dec. 18 


1834. 
Jan. 
May 
July 
Sept. 


- UN oOK 


Sept. 6 
Oetintg 

1835. 
Janene 
July 5 


Frances Ellen, daughter of William & Frances Kearnes, born July 4, 1833. 
John, son of Peter & Elizabeth Ringlear, one year old. 
Catharine, daughter of Jacob & E. Fell, 7 weeks old. 


Hester, daughter of John R. & Hester Savage, an infant. 

Hannah, daughter of Thomas & Ann Brown, from Ireland. 

Catharine, daughter of Peter & Elizabeth Ringlear, an infant. 

Margaretta Sherman, infant of Joseph & Sarah Potts, Mary Ruth, aged 
25 years, Catharine Ann & Sarah H., daughters of Ramsay, of Trenton, 
& Charles & William Ruth, one 2 years old & the other 18 months. 

John O’Harra, son of Joseph & Mary O’Harra, 2 years old. 

James B., son of Benjamin & Jane Parlour, 10 days old. 


David Abderson. 

Hercules Roberts, son of Thomas R. & Elizabeth Williams, born March 
1835. 

Flora, daughter of Peter & Betsy Ringly, George, son of Jacob & Eve 
Fell, & Mary, daughter of Rodolf & Christine Smidt. 

Philemon, child of Philemon & Margaret C. Dickinson. 


Jane, infant daughter of Brice & Marian Caldwell. 


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MARRIAGES CELEBRATED BY F. BEASLEY, IN ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH 


1831 
July 3 
Aug. 18 
Nov. 2 
Pec25 

1832. 
Feb. 24 
April 27 
May 17 
Sept. 6 

1833. 
May 14 


July 26 
Aug. 10 
Nov. 27 
1834. 
May 1 
Sept. 4 
1835. 
June 4 
July 16 
1836. 
Feb. 22 
1836 


By Mr. Johnson, in my absence. 

Joseph O’Harra to Mary R. Abbey. 

Prince Lucien Murat to Caroline Frazier. 
Ezekiel Smith Haines to Charlotte Higbee. 
Elias Joseph Marsh to Matilda Beasley. 


James McVay to Essey White. 

John C. Stocker to Josephine Tessiers. 
William Pierson to Martha R. Taylor. 
John Killgour to Elizabeth Higbee. 


Benjamin Williamson to Elizabeth S. Beasley, married for me by my son, 
Frederick H. Beasley. 

George Young to Eve Forman. 

James Kenih to Elizabeth Shepard. 

John Henry Felmier to May Vaun. 


Elias Hughs to Susan Brittin. 
Solomon Thomas to Susan Tindale. 


Jacob Hibbs to Hannah Sison, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. 
William W. Wright to Elizabeth Bowden. 


Ferdinand Hey to Hannah Macguire. 
On the second day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight 
hundred and thirty six, in the City of Trenton, State of New Jersey, 


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APPENDIX P 


North America, James Hunt, Esq. and Eliza Jane Tyrrell, late of the 
Island of Jamaica, were married by me in the presence of the subscribing 
witnesses. 


[56] 
FUNERALS ATTENDED BY F, BEASLEY, IN ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH 
1831 
Sept. 1 Ann Tibolts. 
Nov. Mrs. Frazer. 
eG, 2007 Dr GC. Krazer, 
1832. 
Jan. 3 Henry Smith Stafford. 
Mrs. Armstrong. 
July 1 Jacob L. Hester. 
Aug. 27. Mrs. Brearly. 
Nov. 11 Elizabeth Robinson. 
1833. 
Nov. 23 Margaret, daughter of John & Ann Rickey. 
1834. 
July 9 Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin & Maria Wright. 
Sept. 1 Virginia, daughter of Joseph Higbee. 
John, son of Joseph & Mary O’Harra. 
Nov. Nancy Higbee. 
1835. 
April 1g William Moon. 
Sept. 4 Mrs. Moon. 
20 Mrs. Taylor. 
Dec. 22 William Pierson, in the family Burial Ground, Township of Nottingham, 
Burlington Co. 
23 John B., son of Ogden D. Wilkinson. 
1836. 
Aprilto Mrs. Pierson Hunt. 
10 Achild of Hester — 


C. Wituiams, D.D. 
Joun Marcu y 
Mary Marcu (LY 
: . | James Hunt 
t 
PROP CERES BOE ES Eviza JANE TYRRELL 
Married by Dr. Beasley, September 13, 1832, 


John Houston McIntosh to Mary Randolph Higbee. 





After the resignation of the Rev. F. Beasley, D.D., and previous to the time the 
Rev. Mr. Starr entered on the duties of his office as Rector of the Church, the follow- 
ing interments were made: 

1836. 

Oct. 28 Charles Yard, a child of John D. and Rhoda Hester, aged ............. 
Nov. 9 James Minner, a native of Ireland. The Rev. Mr. Dandy, of the Metho- 
dist Church attended and read the service at the grave. 
23 Josephine, a daughter of Joseph Wood, of Philadelphia. The Rev. Mr. 
Sudders, of Grace Church, Philadelphia, attended, performed the 
service in the Church and at the grave. 


bean se 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


27 Mary Hagerly. 
Dec. 5 Mary Howell, wife of Jacob C. Howell. The Rev. Mr. Dandy attended. 
8 


Martin Moon. 


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OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE REV. SAMUEL STARR, WHO ACCEPTED ‘a 
THE RECTORSHIP OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, TRENTON, IN 
OCTOBER, AND ENTERED UPON ITS DUTIES, DEC. 4, 1836, 
BEING THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 


Jan. 6 Baptized, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Doane, 
Sarah Peace Starr & | Mrs. Joseph Higbee, Mrs. Mershon. 
Sarah Howell Ryall Witnesses. 

Jan. 26 Married, George Heidwiler 


to 
Elizabeth Kachback 
& 
John Zehner 
to 
Magdalin Kachback. 
Feb. 5 Buried, Mrs. Esther Musgrove. 
Mar. 26 Buried, Mrs. Jane Tyrrell, wife of Mr. Joseph Tyrrell, late from Jamaica, 
Easterday Wake 
Easterday Admitted to the Communion. Miss Lucy Ann Higbee, Mr. Samuel C. 
Scattergood, Sarah Howell Ryall, Sarah Peace Starr & Robert Thomas, 
(coloured). 
April14 Baptized, Mary Ann, a child of Ann Bryan, (coloured). 
May 3 Admitted to Communion, in the sick room of Mr. John March, John 
March, Mrs. March & Mrs, Husband. 
May 7 Buried, Mr. John March, late from the Island of Jamaica. 
Sund. after 
Ascension. 


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May 11 Married, John Wesley Primer to Emily Ryall. 

May 14 Baptized, Katrine Elizabeth, child of Wm. Bahr. 

Whit. Sunday. 

May 21 Baptized, Robert, son of Robert Thomas, (Coloured.) 

Trinity. 

May 23 Baptized, Adam, infant child of Adam Stultz. 

July 2 Admitted to the Communion. John W. Rimer, Mrs. Emily Rimer, Wm. 
Bahr & Mrs. Bahr. 

July 2 Buried, an infant child of Mrs. Margaret Moon. 

July 2 Baptized, William Edward Barker, born March 8th, 1830, Sarah Louisa 
Barker, born June 16, 1833 & Mary Elizabeth Barker, born March 14, 
1837, children of Robert & Mrs. Barker. 

July 17 Buried, Margaret Murphy, daughter of James & Mrs. Murphy, aged 
about 20. 

July 17 Baptized, William Henry, infant son of Mr. & Mrs. Littell, (residing in 


Bristol). 
Pr AGe 


9 | 
23 


July 
Aug. 


Aug. 27 
Sept. 16 
Sept. 17 


22 
22 


Sept. 
Sept. 


Nov. 5 


Nov. 19 

1838. 
Jan. 28 
Mar. 30 
April 10 


May 20 


APPENDIX P 


Buried, William Bahr, (a German). . 

Buried, Mrs. Louisa Woodruff, wife of Patrick Houston Woodruff, (resi- 
dent of Savannah), also Robert Barker, and Thomas C. Husband (late 
of Jamaica, W.I.) 


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Baptized, Henry Clay, child of William & Mrs. Halsted. 3 

Buried, Mary Dickinson, infant child of Westley P. & Mrs. Hunt. 

Baptized, Margaret Meredith, child of John Dickinson, & Emily Gover- 
neur, infant daughter of Philemon & Margaret Dickinson. 

Baptized, Susan McCulloch, her sister Mrs. Kerwood, witness. 

Confirmed, by the Rt. Rev. Bp. Doane. 

Mrs. Mary McCall, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, 
Catharine Johnson, Mrs. Elizabeth Slack, 
Euphemia Potts, Anne Higbee, Caroline 
Higbee, Sarah H. Ryall, John Porter, 
Margaret Minnis, Rebecca Minnis, William 
Minnis, Mrs. Ada Ann Husband, Mrs. Caroline 
March, Mary Jane March, Mary Murphy, 
George Husband, Mrs. Mary Kerwood, Susan 
McCulloch, Sarah Brittain, Samuel C. 
Scattergood, Charlotte Henson, Elizabeth 
O’Hara. (23) 

Baptized, Charlotte Burton Moore, infant child of Charles & Elizabeth 
Moore (now residing in Philadelphia). 

Buried, William, youngest child of Samuel S. Stryker. 

Baptized, Ann Mary, child of Dr. Waring, (of Savannah.) 

Baptized, Catharine O’Hara & Joseph O’Hara, infant children of Joseph 
& Mary R. O’Hara, and Dudley Livingston & Mary Elizabeth Ruth, 
infant children of William & Mrs. Ruth, late of New York & about to 
remove to St. Louis, Missouri. 


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Admitted to Communion. Mrs. Wm. Kerwood, Susan McCulloch, Mrs. 

Barker, Sarah Brittain, John Porter & Margaret Minnis. (6) 

Baptized, Eliza Ann, youngest child of Philip & Elizabeth Slack. 

Baptized, Anna Maria Thompson, infant daughter of Caldwell. 

Buried, Mrs. Mary Raum. 

Baptized by Bishop Doane, William Cole, son of Samuel & Sarah P. 
Starr, who was born December 4th, 1837, Loisa Bedford, daughter of 
Wm. & Loisa Pearson, aged about 6 months, Ann Jackson, born July 
11, 1831, Mary Whitaker, born April 13, 1833, Rebecca Tindale, born 
July 11, 1834 & Ellen Rostron, born Aug. 9, 1836, the four children of 
William & Ellen Currey, Frederick Redinger Wilkinson, son of Ogden 
D. & Mrs. Wilkinson, aged 9 months, & Rebecca Browning, daughter 
of Joshua & Mrs. Holinshead, aged 8 months. (8) 

Baptized, Emma Wescott, daughter of James D. & Mrs. Wescott. Wit- 
nesses—Mr. & Mrs. Wescott, Mr. Mershon & Mrs. Starr. 

Convention of the Diocese at Newark, May 3oth. 


[aegie 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


June 10 
July 8 


July 13 
July 21 





Aug. 
Aug. 265 
Sept. 9 


NOV? 2 
Nov. 21 
Sept. 23 
Nov. 27 
Nov. 29 


Dec. 20 


1839. 
Mar. 22 


Mar. 31 


April 7 


April 7 


April 24 
May 9 
May 26 
May 28 
June 6 
June 12 
ihe 


July 3 
July 31 


Buried, Mary Jane, infant daughter of Lewis Neal, & granddaughter of 
Dr. & Mrs, Geary, of Flemington, aged 11 months. 

Baptized, Charlotte Jane, daughter of John & Ann Porter, born Dec. 
4, 1837. 

Buried Henry, infant child of Michael O’Hara, of Princeton. 

Buried, Loisa Bedford, infant daughter of Wm. & Loisa Pearson. 


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Buried, James B. Stafford, aged near go. 
Baptized, Michael, a sick child of Daniel Fell, late from Germany. 
Baptized, Henry, infant son of George & Elizabeth Heidwiler. 
Buried, Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of the late Joseph Higbee, Esq., aged 65. 
Married, John Lamar Hay to Cornelia Lawrence, 
daughter of Dr. William Geary, of Flemington. 
Married, Henry Vanhorn to Elizabeth Martindale, both of Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania. 
Married, George Green to Margaret Hilliards & Edward Marcellus to 
Elizabeth Hagarman. (All coloured). 
Married, Dr. John Weidman, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, to Emma 
Roberts Grant, daughter of Wm. Grant, Esq. 
Married, Daniel Wertz of Tomansing, Pa., to Sarah Slack, of Yardley- 
ville, Pa. 


Baptized, Sarah Frances & Bayard, infant children of w.......ccecseesseeecoees & 
Jane Butler. 

Baptized, Maria Antoinette Yard. Witnesses, Mr. Mershon, Mrs. Starr 
& Frances Yard. 

Baptized, Sarah Amelia, infant daughter of Dr. John & Mary Hampson 
Pine, late from Jamaica. 


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Confirmed by Bishop Doane, Emma Wescott, Virginia Higbee, Maria 
Antoinette Yard, Frances Yard, Mrs. Cornelia Hay, John Wesley 
Primer, Sarah Peace Starr, Elizabeth Minnis, Robert Thomas,.............. 
Thomas. (10) 

Married, John R. Dill to Mary Jane, daughter of James Hay, Esq. 

Buried, Capt. Edward Yard, funeral at Lawrenceville, aged 78. 

Baptized, Birchel Lopers, James Mann & Isaac Cromwell, convicts in the 
New Jersey State Prison. 

Buried, Mrs. Parmelia Wood, wife of Mr. Joseph Wood. 

Buried, William Fell Boling, son of John & Mrs. Boling. 

Convention at Burlington, May 29. 

Married, John L. Faylor, M.D. to Lydia Barnes, daughter of Mr. Isaac 

Barnes. 

Married, Jonathan Steward to Keturah Temple Evans, daughter of Evan 
Evans, Esq. 

Baptized, in the U.S. Encampment, John, child of Hezekiah & Mrs. 
Doyle, aged 2 years. 

Buried, from the same place, John, son of Hezekiah & Mrs. Doyle. 

Married in Woodbury, Doct. Edward J. Grant, of Nottingham, of St. 
Michael’s congregation, to Miss Mary W. Roe, of the former place. 


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Feb. 9 


Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 


BW WP & 


Mar. 8 
Mar. 19 


Mar. 20 
April 13 
April 15 
April 17 
April 19 


APPENDIX P 


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Married, Mr. John C. Husennetter to Sophia Srader, all ie Theater 
Buried, Mr. Philip Slack. 
Married, Mr. Jacob Davis to Miss Susan Erving, all of Ewing Township. 
Married, Mr. Peter Thatcher Mather, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 

to Miss Sarah Ann Lloyd, of Bloomsbury, N.]J. 

Married, Mr. Robert Crosley to Miss Margaret Huggins. 
Buried, at Allentown, Mr. Samuel C. Newell. 
Baptized, Jeremiah Clark, a convict in the State Prison. 
Married, Mr. John Covert to Miss Mary Ann Fleming, all of Trenton. 
Married, Joseph Simmons to Hannah Nafuz. (coloured) 


Married Matthew Campbell to Hannah Clark. (Coloured). 

Baptized, Mrs. Arnell. (Coloured). 

Buried Mrs. Arnell. (Col.) 

Married, Samuel Crozer to Martha Sterling, both of Falls Township, 
Pennsylvania. 


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Baptized, John, infant son of John & Magdaline Zehner, Elizabeth, infant 
daughter of George & Elizabeth Heidwiler, and Sally, infant daughter 
of Christian Fell. 

Married, Perry Hutchins to Ruth Ann Wycoff, (Col’d.) of Trenton. 

Buried, Mrs. Smith, in the ground of the Baptist Society. 

Buried, Mr. Charles Moore, the body brought from New York, where he 
died. 

Married, Thomas Reed to Rachel Miller, all of Trenton. 

Married, Mr. Westley P. Morris to Miss Mary V. Bashford, all of 
Trenton. 

Married, Mr. James Martin to Mrs. Mary Ferguson, of South Trenton. 

Married, Henry Fill, of Philadelphia, to Frances Brown. 

Baptized, John J. Frisbee. 

Baptized, Ann Eliza, infant daughter of John & Ann Porter. 

Baptized, Ann Douglass, of South Trenton, 


Easterday. 


April 22 
April 26 
April 26 


Evening. 


April 27 
May 17 


May 29 


Baptized, Ann Rebecca, infant daughter of William & Mrs. Burling. 

Baptized, Oliver Creed. 

Confirmed by Bishop Doane. 
John J. Frisbee, 
Oliver Creed, 
Fanny Milnor, 
Angelina Gordon, 


Mrs. A. P. Atkinson, 
Ann Douglass, 
David Taylor, 

Jane McConley. 


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Married, Jessee Brown to Sabina Brown. (Col’d.) : 
Baptized, Robert William, infant son of John Lamar & Mrs. C. L. Hay. 
Convention at Newark, May 27. 
Baptized, Wilson, William Edgar & Loisa Wilson, children of Westley P. 
& Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt. 


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June 14 Baptized, Susan Maria, infant daughter of Mr. L. R. Lafoucherie & Mrs, 
Lafoucherie, & John McDonald, infant son of Mr. William Pearson & 
Mrs. Pearson. 

Baptized, at the same time by the Rev. Mr. Hare, Edward, infant son of 
the Rector Samuel Starr & Sarah P. Starr, aged 2 mo. & 25 days. 

Aug. 18 Baptized, Mrs. Deborah Cowell. 

Aug. 23. Buried, William Robinson, a revolutionary pensioner, interment in the 
Church burial ground, though the deceased not a member of the 
congregation. 

Sept. 6 Baptized, Hermin Lumbart, Rebecca Sterling & Frances Lupardus, chil- 
dren of Simon Martinet & Anna, his wife. — (3) 

Sept. 27 Baptized, Emma Augusta, daughter of Mr. Mortimer Forman, niece of 

Miss Mary & Sydney Forman. 

Oct. 6 Married, Benedict Grethler to Sophia Jandon, both of Princeton. 

Nov. 5 Buried, Mrs. Deborah Cowell, wife of Mr. Joseph Cowell. 

Nov. 18 Married, Mr. William G. Cook to Mrs. Elizabeth Westcott, daughter of 
William Grant, Esq., of Nottingham. 

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FUNERALS ATTENDED BY F. BEASLEY 

1830 

Dec. 5 The child of Mrs. Moon. 
16 Ason of Mr. Slack. 

1831. 
May 16 Mrs. Mary Corry, wife of Arthur Corry, deceased. 

1840. 
Nov. 25 Married, Richard Eberle, M.D., of Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Theodosia 
In St. Michael’s W. Higbee, daughter of Charles Higbee, Esq. 

Church. 

1841. 

Jan. 3 Baptized, Mary Trent, eldest daughter of Gen. Z. Rossell. 

Feb. 13 Baptized, on his sick bed, Mr. Charles Higbee. 

Feb. 19 Buried, Mr. Charles Higbee, in the 72nd year of his age. 

Feb. 20 Married, Francis Guild, of Pennington, to Isabella Ricco. 

Mar. 4 Buried, James D. Westcott, Esq., in the 66th year of his age, late Secre- 
tary of the State of New Jersey. 

Mar. 11 Married, Mr. Charles Byles to Miss Elizabeth O’Hara. 

April 22 Married, David Delias to Susan Johnson, (Col’d.) 

Mar. 24 Buried, Mrs. Ann Ryall, from the house of her son-in-law, Mr. John 
Mershon. 

May 1 Married, Mr. James Pettit to Miss Mary Murphy. 

May 2 Married, Mr. Jacob B. Vansciver, of Burlington, to Miss Rachel Hankins, 
of this city. 

(Rec.) 
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1841. 
May 23 Baptized, Ellen Jerusha, infant daughter of Joshua & Mrs. Hollinshead, 


Henry Prall, Clara & Margaret Herbert, children of Mrs. Lydia Atkin- 
son, Mary, infant daughter of Philemon & Mrs. Margaret Dickinson, 


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May 27 
June 9 


June Io 
June 11 
June 14 
June 24 


June 30 


July 4 


Aug. 22 
Sept. 10 
Sept. 26 


Oct. 20 


Mar. 12 
Mar. 16 


Mar. 30 
April 8 


April 14 


ABRPREN DIX P 


Ann Meredith, infant daughter of Mr. Samuel & Mrs. Martha Dickin- 
son, Clara Viola, infant daughter of E. R. & Mrs. Hansen, Emma Jane, 
infant daughter of William & Mrs. Jane Pearson, Loisa Johnson, 
infant daughter of Robert & Mrs. Margaret Crosley, Julia Ann, daugh- 
ter of & Mrs. Hall. (10) 

Convention at Burlington, May 26th, 1841. 

Buried, Susan E., daughter of William Hunt, of Lamberton, aged 2 years. 

Baptized, Moore Furman, Anna Clarke, James Clarke and Virginia 
Higbee, children of Lieut. William & Mrs. Susan Hunt, of Lamberton. 

Married, George Mulenex to Sarah Clayton. 

Buried, Anna Clarke, daughter of William & Susan Hunt. 

Married, Capt. Garret Hiers, of Middletown Point, to Miss Sarah 
Pitcher. 

Married, John A. Chew, of Philadelphia, to Charlotte Hansen, of South 
Trenton. 

Buried, Rebecca Browing, child of Joshua & Mrs. Abby Hollinshead, 
aged 3 yrs. II mo. 

Baptized, Thomas, infant son of Richard & Ann Johnson. 


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Baptized, Elizabeth, infant daughter of Jacob & Mrs. Luther. 

Buried, Jacob Hester, aged 70. 

Baptized, Mrs. Caroline Higbee, wife of Doct. Charles Higbee, of Cin- 
cinnati, also George Howell, Charles & William Henry, children of 
Dr. Charles & Mrs. Caroline Higbee, also John, infant son of Dr. John 
& Mrs. Emma Weidman, of Lebanon, Penna. 

Married, Mr. Lewis P. Higbee to Miss Mary Trent Rossell, daughter of 
Gen. Zachariah Rossell. 

Baptized, Mrs. Axey Creed, widow of Oliver Creed. 

Confirmed by Bishop Doane, Mrs. George L. Phillips, Mrs. Samuel Dick- 
inson, Mrs. Doct. Higbee, Mrs. Lewis P. Higbee, Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, 
Mrs. Axey Creed, Elizabeth Colie & Joseph Murphy. (8) 

Baptized, George Phillips, infant son of Robert & Lucretia Lambert. 


Married, Mr. Ralphe L. Warner to Miss Mary J. Dearth. 
Buried, Sarah H. Slack, daughter of the late Philip Slack. 
Buried, Emily B. Pauling, child of William Pauling. 
Buried, Charles Cain, Sen., in his 64th year. 

Buried, Mrs. Mary Bond, in the 88 year of her age. 
Baptized, Eleanor, infant daughter of John & Ann Porter. 


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Baptized, Robert Spencer, infant son of William Phillips & Mrs. Phillips. 
Baptized, Alexander Cumming, infant son of Benj. & Mrs. Yard, Francis 
Rostein, infant son of F. R. Lafaucherie, & William Sherman, infant 
son of Eli & Mrs. Anna Morris. 
Married, John Smith Jones to Clara Ann James. (Coloured) 
Buried, Anne Meredith, daughter of Samuel & Martha Dickinson, aged 
about 18 months. 
Baptized, Asa Wills. 


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April 18 


April 21 
April 22 
April 24 


May 21 


Sept. 19 


Buried, Joseph Milnor Higbee, eldest son of the late Charles Higbee, 
recently from Quincy, Illinois. 

Baptized, Mrs. Hannah Frisbee. 

Baptized, John Mershon. 

Confirmed by Bishop Doane, Doct. Wm. Geary, Mrs. Westcott, Miss 
Hester Gibson, Mrs. Hannah Frisbee, Mr. Asa Wills, Mrs. ............ Wills, 
Mary Hinds, Jane Johnson & A. M. VanNorden. (9) 

Buried, Robert William, son of John Lamar Hay. 

Convention in Newark, May ak 

Baptized, Mary Jane, infant daughter of John & Mrs. Crosley. 

Baptized, John William, infant son of James & Mary Pettit. 

Buried, John William, infant son of James & Mary Pettit. 


[7°] 

Married, Mercer F. Beasley, Esq., to Miss Frances Higbee, daughter of 
the late Charles Higbee. 

Married, William Crim to Mrs. Olivia Barney. 

Married, Reuben Kingbury to Mary Elizabeth Lawrence. (Coloured) 

Buried eon. al , infant daughter of Edward D. & Mary Ann Weld. 

Buried, Thomas, infant son of Richard & Ann Johnson. 

Buried, Gen’. Zachariah Rossell, aged 54. 

Baptized, Henry, infant son of Samuel & Mrs. Martha Dickinson. 

Baptized, Catharine & George Daniel, children of Asa & Mrs. Wills. 

Buried, Catharine, child of Asa & Mrs. Wills. 

Buried, George Daniel, child of Asa & Mrs. Wills. 

Married, William Hall to Jane Brewster, of Philadelphia. Rec'd. 

Buried, Mrs. Jane Pearson, wife of Mr. William Pearson. 

Married, Mrs. Catharine Dickens, of Philadelphia, wife of Mr. Fowler 
Dickens & mother of the late Mrs. Jane Pearson. 

Buried, in the Methodist burial ground, South Trenton, Mrs. Anna 
Bulkley, wife of James Bulkley, late from England. 


[71] 

Buried, in the Methodist ground, South Trenton, Sophia infant daughter 
of Mr. Thomas Whitehead. 

Baptized, Robert Hansen, infant son of John A. Chew & Charlotte, his 
wife, of Philadelphia. 

Married in St. Michael’s Church, the Rev. Samuel L. Southard, Rector 
Elect of Christ Church, Belleville, to Virginia Eleanor, daughter of Mr. 
Joseph C. Higbee, of Coshocton County, Ohio. 

Buried, Mr. John Mershon, Senior Warden, of St. Michael’s Church, and 
for twenty-one years last past, Treasurer & Collector of the same. 

Baptized, Florence, infant daughter of Doct. James B. Coleman & Mrs. 
Henrietta Coleman. 

Baptized, Elizabeth Frisbee, daughter of John J. & Hannah Frisbee. 

Married, Benjamin Wooley to Fanny Smith. (Coloured.) 


Married, Philip F. Slack, Esq., of Tuckerton, to Mary F., daughter of 
Mr. Richard Bond, of South Trenton. 


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Mar. 21 
Mar. 28 
April 15 
April 30 


May 1 


May 6 


May 7 


May 23 
May 28 


June 24 
Aug. 17 
Aug. 21 
Aug. 24 


Sept. 14 


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Baptized, Catharine Louisa, John DeForest, Theodore & Margaret, chil- 
dren of Jacob & Mrs. Gaddis. 

Buried, Mary Susan, child of John B. Boling. 

Buried, Miss Maria Henderson. 

Buried, Charles Lawrence, eldest child of Doct. J. B. & Henrietta Cole- 


man, aged 3 years. 


[72] 

Buried, Mr. Thomas Cain, Sen., aged 66. 

Married, Charles H. Burroughs, of Princeton to Mary L. Slack. 

Married, Jesse Paterson to Ellen Gray. (Coloured) 

Baptized, Mrs. Mary Hester, Mrs. Hannah Hester, Mrs. Margaret 
Witherup, Mrs. Mary Ann Weld, Mrs. Mary Aiken, Miss Sidney Paul 
Forman, Josiah Newell Bird and Thomas Cain. (8) 

Confirmed by Bishop Doane. 


Josiah N. Bird, Mrs. Mary Ann Weld, 
Mrs. Mary Hester, Miss Sidney Paul Forman, 
Alvan Sandford, Maria Westcott, 
Thomas Cain, Richard Johnson, 
Mrs. Margaret Witherup, Sarah Cain Ramsey, 
Mrs. Mary Aiken, Catharine Brittain, 
Mrs. Ruth Ann Pauling, Elizabeth Frisbee. 
Buried, Mrs. Mary Pettit, wife of James Pettit, & daughter of Mrs. 
Murphy. 


Baptized, George Smith, son of William & Esther Smith, Emma Virginia, 
child of Robert & Mary Aiken, William Geary, infant son of Lamar & 
Cornelia Hay, John & Joseph Rading, children of Samuel B. & Mrs. 
Scattergood, Mary Elizabeth & Ellen Frances, children of Edward D. 
& Mary Ann Weld, Clement Miller, infant son of Clement Miller & 
Jane Husband, Frances Rebecca & Susan, children of Josiah N. & Mrs. 
Bird, Elizabeth Pitcher, infant daughter of Rostein & Louisa Lafou- 


[73] 
cherie, Samuel Elkinson, infant son of Charles P. & Mrs. VanNorded 
and Mary Ann, child of Richard & Ann Johnson. (13) 

Married, John Allen to Elizabeth Hutchinson. (Col’d.) 

Baptized, Charlotte, Catharine Moliner & John Davidson, children of 
Anthony & Catharine Rowley, William Henry Clay, infant son of 
James & Nancy Murphy, Samuel Hatch, infant son John J. & Hannah 
Frisbee, Anna Mary, infant daughter of Isaac & Hannah Hester, Ann 
Elizabeth & Adelaine, children of Asa & Mary Ann Wills, & Mary Ida, 
daughter of J. F. & Catharine Klien. (9) 

Convention in Burlington, May 31. 

Baptized, Harriet Coburn and George Fox, infant son of Philemon & 
Mrs. Margaret Dickinson. 

Married, Aaron Osborn to Lucretia Cole. 

Married, John Dillon to Jane McConley. 

Married, Charles T. Bessonett to Delilah Robinson, of South Trenton. 

Rec'd. 

Buried, Edward Mcllvaine, in the Burial ground in Ewing Township. 


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Oct. 29 Baptized, Elizabeth, infant daughter of the Rector, Samuel Starr & 
Sarah P. Starr, born Sept. 6, Mary Wray, infant of James W. Wall, 
Elizabeth Olden, infant of Murray McIlvaine, and Lucy Ann, infant of 
the Rev. Samuel L. Southard, of Belleville. 


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1844. 
Jan. 14 Buried Mrs. Mary D. Yard, wife of Benjamin Yard. 
Jan. 15 Buried, Miss Theodosia P. Hunt. 
Jan. 17 Buried, Henry, child of Samuel & Martha Dickinson, aged 20 months. 
1844. 
Jan. 18 Baptized, Mary Elizabeth, infant child of Robert & Mrs. Thomas. 
Jan. 21 Buried, Emma Virginia, child of Mr. David Witherup, aged 6 years. 


1843. 
Dec. 6 Buried, Mr. John Titus, late Cashier of the Trenton Banking Company. 


1844. 

Jan. 23 Buried, May Elizabeth, infant of Robert Thomas, 

Feb. 7 Buried, Miss Mary Pearson, aged 74 years. 

Feb. 8 Married, Charles L. Pearson to Mary Priscilla, only daughter of George 
Woodruff, Esq. 

Mar. 6 Married, Charles Brister to Elizabeth Nixon, (Coloured) 

April 5 Baptized, Randall Rickey, Hannah Crickard and Phebe Green. 

Good Friday 

April 7 Baptized, George, infant son of John R.& Mrs. Mary Jane Dill, & William 
Alexander, child of David & Mrs. Margaret Witherup. 

Easter-day 

Aprilt4 Baptized, Edward Davis Weld, witnesses, J. N. Bird & Thomas Cain. 


[75] 
April14 Confirmed by Bishop Doane. 
Mrs. Ann Johnson, Mrs. John Rickey, Edward D. Weld, 


William Pearson, Randall Rickey, ................ Raby, 
James Murphy, Harriet Coburn, Hannah Crickard, 
Hannah Steitson, Phebe Green. (11) 


Convention at Newark, May 29. 

June 7 Buried, Emma Augusta Forman, niece of Mary A. & Sydney Forman, 
aged 8 yrs. 

June g Married, Charles Latan to Adaline Rouse. 

June 17 Married, Eben F. Bacon to Mary W. Sandford. 

June 20 Married, William P. Israel to Sarah Maccoun. 

June 23 Baptized, Charles, infant son of Samuel & Mrs. Martha Dickinson, and 
Charlotte Higbee, infant daughter of Mercer & Mrs. Frances Beasley. 

Sept. 1 Baptized, Rebecca Ely, Jane Benjamin, Henry Bellerjeau, Susan Cole- 
man & Jacob Benjamin, children of Mrs. Axey Creed. 

Sept. 8 Married, Samuel Budd to Ann Eliza Marcus. 

Sept. g Married in Trinity Church, Princeton, Daniel Scotten, of Palmyra, N.J., 
to Elizabeth H. Perrine, of Princeton. (Recorded) 

Sept.15 Baptized, Margaret Ann, infant daughter of John & Hannah Jackson. 


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April 17 
April 19 
April 20 


April 25 
April 27 


APPENDIX P 


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Buried in St. Mary’s Church yard, Burlington, Sarah Peace Starr, wife of 
the Rector of St. Michael’s Church, aged 34. 

Married in South Trenton, John G. Sparrow 9 BM eee Bed 

Buried, Miss Jane V. Campbell, of Brooklyn, daughter a Colin Camp- 
bell, deceased, formerly of Burlington. 

Married. in St. Michael’ s Church, Hiram P. Dunbar, of Rochester, N.Y., 
to Martha N. Bird. 

Married, John Murphy to Harriet Brister. 

Baptized, Mrs. Elizabeth Higbee Davis, at the same time by the Rev. 
Dr. Croswell, James Ashman, infant son of Eli Morris. 

Married, John G. Stevens to Theodosia Wood, daughter of the late 
Joseph Higbee, Esq. 

Baptized, Parmelia Frances, infant daughter of James M. & Mrs. Eliza- 
beth H. Davis. 

Baptized, Catharine Jane, infant daughter of Bernard & Mrs. Jane 
Smith. 

Married, Joseph Rossell, of Freehold, to Elizabeth H., daughter of Law- 
rence Browning, of Chester Township, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. 


Married, Charles Myers to Lena Mc............. 


a7) 

Baptized, Laetitia Witherup Johnson. 

Baptized in the Fall of 1839, Mary Elizabeth, infant daughter of Joseph 
Guyer, and 1845, Feb. 9, David Charles, infant son of Joseph Guyer. 

Buried, Mrs. Margaret Smith. 

Married, James Anthony to Elizabeth Van Zandt. 

Baptized, Mrs. Sarah Wallace, wife of Thomas Hill & William James, 
infant son of Thomas & Mrs. Hill. 

Buried, William James, infant son of Thomas & Mrs. Sarah W. Hill. 

Confirmed by Bishop Doane. Mrs. L. A. Smith, Miss Barton, Miss Betts, 
Mrs. McCarrier James, Marvin Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Davis, 
Mrs. Sarah W. Hill, Miss Letitia W. Johnson, William Gillespie & 
Adelaide Tyrrell. 

(10) 

Buried, Charles, son Mr. Samuel & Martha Dickinson, aged 22 months. 

Married, Mr. Gershon Hampton Coursen, of New York, to Caroline, 
youngest daughter of the late Charles Higbee, Esq. 

Buried, Adelaide, infant daughter of Mr. John Ramsay. 

Buried, Sarah Lloyd, infant daughter of Doct. J. L. Taylor, aged 17 
months. 


Married, John Robbins to Phillis Melden. 


[78 ] 
Baptized, Edward Palfray, infant son of Edward D. & Mrs. Weld, Mercer, 
infant son of Mercer & Mrs. Frances Beasley, & Julia Murray, infant 
daughter of Murray & Mrs. Mcllvaine. 
Baptized, Courtlandt Yardley, witnesses, Capt. Bradley & John Read. 
Baptized, Charles Lobdale, infant son of Charles L. & Mary Pearson. 


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2 


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Baptized, Inis, infant daughter of Doct. James B. & Henrietta Coleman. 

Married, Thomas Cain to Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of James B. 
Green, of Ewing, in St. Michael’s Church. 

Baptized, John infant son of L. R. & Mrs. Louisa Lafoucherie, Ann Ryall, 
infant daughter of J. W. & Mrs. Emily Rimer and Olivia Gardener, 
niece of Mary A. Forman. (3) 

Married, Wilson Crusen to Mary Brister. 

Buried, Mr. John White, of South Trenton. 

Baptized, Viola Slack, infant daughter of Charles H. Burroughs of Mrs. 
Mary Burroughs, of Princeton. 

Married, George Anderson to Sarah Brister. 


Married, Abijah C. Berry to Mary Overton, both of Newark, in St. 
Michael’s Church. 


[79] 

Buried, James, child of Mrs. James Hunt, late of Jamaica, aged 6 years. 

Baptized, John Edmund, Gertrude & Ann Eliza, children of Courtlandt 
Yardley, and Harriet Emily & Margaret Frances, children of Mr. Wm. 
W. Norcross. (5) 

Baptized, Theodosia Hayden. 

Confirmed by Bishop Doane. 
Courtlandt Yardley, Mrs. Elizabeth Cain, Elias Hughs, Mary Cornell, 
Theodosia Hayden & Robert Hansen. (6). 

Married, John Johnson to Ann Slidell. 

Buried, Mrs. Crispin, aged 86. 

Married, Joseph B. Smith to Jane Jennings. 

Married, Charles Dennis to Catharine Maharlant. 

Baptized, Margaret Kallum, infant daughter of Marvin & Mrs. Elizabeth 
Davis. 

Baptized, Mary Dickinson, infant child of Samuel & Mrs. Martha Dick- 
inson & Ann Mary, infant daughter of James W. & Mrs. Susan Wall. 


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Married, Joseph D. Corlies & Mary Betts. 

Married, William Pearson to Frances Mary Tyrrell. 

Buried, Louisa M., infant daughter of Francis J. & Horatio E. Betts, of 
Charleston. 

Married, George W. Scutchens to Abby Louisa Thompson. (Col’d.) 

Baptized, Sarah Annette, infant daughter of Thomas & Mrs, Sarah W. 
Hill. 

Baptized, Josiah Newell, infant son of Hiram & Mrs. Martha Dunbar, & 
James, infant son of William Minnis. 

Baptized, Joseph Potts. 

Buried, Joseph Potts. 

Buried, Mrs. Margaret C., wife of David Witherup. 

Buried, Miss Eliza Waddell, only surviving daughter of a former Rector 
of St. Michael’s Church. 

Buried from Oakland, near Trenton, Mr. George Woodruff, the oldest 


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communicant of St. Michael’s Church, & the oldest member of the bar 
in the State of New Jersey. 


Sept. 19 Buried, Mrs. Sarah Maccoun. 
Sept. 24 Buried, Col. William Snowden. 





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Married, John Holybee, of the U.S. Army, to Mary Lake Boyd. 
Married, William Breese to Emeline Scott. 


Married, Harrison Adams to Ann Eliza Hodenburg. 

Buried, Doct. James T. Clarke, died of Apoplexy. 

Baptized, Charlotte, infant daughter of Philemon & Mrs. Margaret 
Dickinson. (sick). 

Baptized, Catharine Cecelia, infant daughter of John F. & Mrs. Catharine 
Klein. (sick) 

Buried by Rev. Mr. Otis, Catharine Cecelia, infant daughter of John F. 
& Catharine Klein. 

Married, William Clark to Margaret Gough. 

Baptized, Mary Jane, infant daughter of ............ Stafford, South Trenton. 

Buried, Mrs. Mary Jane Dill, wife of John R. Dill. . 

Baptized, William Gibson, infant son of Capt. Samuel & Mrs. Martha 
Dickinson. 

Baptized, Mary Fenton, daughter of David Witherup. 

Confirmed by Bh. Doane, John Owen & Mary F. Witherup. 

Baptized, John Alexander, infant son of George & Letitia Nixon, of 
South Trenton. 


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Baptized, Stacy Atkinson Paxson. 

Convention in Burlington. 

Buried, Stacy A. Paxson, Treasurer of the State of New Jersey, & Treas- 
urer & Vestryman of St. Michael’s Church. 

Baptized, Leison Evander, infant son of George Callen. 

Buried, William B., infant son of Joseph D. & Mary Corlies. 

Married, Samuel D. Southard to Anna Louisa Hewitt, of South Trenton. 

Buried, Doct. William Geary, aged 74, son-in-law of the Rev. Mr. Fraser, 
fifty years ago, Rector of St. Michael’s Church. 

Buried, Mrs. Mary F. Willets, wife of George S. Willets, and daughter of 
David Witherup. 

Married, David F. Taylor to Margaret Ann Van Zandt. 

Buried, George L. Phillips, of Philadelphia, but recently resident of 
Trenton. 

Buried, Mrs. Mary Benjamin, widow of Joseph Benjamin, & mother of 
Wn. A. Benjamin. 

Baptized, Henry Waldburg, infant son of Doct. J. B. & Mrs. Coleman, 
George Tyrrell, infant son of Wm. Pearson & Thomas Curtis, infant 
son of Thomas Cain. (3) 


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April 7 
April 14 
April 15 


April 19 
April 20 


April 27 
April 28 


May 14 


May 19 


May 19 


June 25 
July (F2 


July 4 
July 5 


July 6 
July 17 
Aug. 26 


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Married, Joseph Evans to Ann Wiley. ; 
Married, Alfred Starr to Elizabeth Watson. (Col’d.) 
Married, James Haslett, of South Trenton, to Mary Hinds. 
Married, William Callis to Jane North, of South Trenton. 
Married, Thomas Kenney to Rosanna Clark, also Benjamin Ryder to 

Mary Heath. 
Buried, Jacob, son of Mrs. Ashcah Creed, aged 7 years. 


Buried, Mrs. Mary Cadwalader, widow of Co. Lambert Cadwalader, & 
mother of Gen’l. Thomas Cadwalader, in the 84th year of her age. 

Buried, Mrs. Susan Brittain, in the 81st year of her age. 

Buried Mras Burge, a native of England, for a year a resident in 
Trenton. 

Baptized, Theodosia Eberle, infant daughter of J. M. & Mrs. Elizabeth 
Davis, Mary Willets & Franklin Vancleve, children of Mrs. S. A. 
Paxson, Henrietta & William, children of Robert Thomas. 

Baptized, at the same time by the Rev. Mr. Paterson, of Princeton, Mary, 
infant daughter of the Rector & his wife Mary M. Starr. 


[84] 
Buried, Mrs. Lydia Rossell, widow of the late Gen’l. Z. Rossell. 
Baptized, Anna Rossell. 
Confirmed by Bishop Doane. 
Anna Rossell, Emily Potts, Mary Maccoun, Augusta Stevenson, 
Margaret Meredith Dickinson & Frances Halsted. (6) 
Buried Thomas Chandler from South Trenton. 
Buried, Mrs. Susan Hunt, wife of Lieut. Wm. E. Hunt & daughter of the 
late Doct. Clarke. 
Buried, Mrs. Jean Woodruff, widow of the late George Woodruff, aged 72. 
Buried, Thomas B. Hewlings, in St. Mary’s Church yard, Burlington, 
aged 30. 
Baptized, Anna E. daughter of R. F. & Mrs. Louisa Lafoucherie, aged 
1 yr. & g months. 
Buried, Anna E., child of R. F. & Mrs. Lafoucherie. 


[85] 
Baptized, Virginia Higbee, infant daughter of John G. & Mrs. Theodosia 
W. Stevens, & Henry Clay & Julia, children of Jacob B. & Mrs. Gaddis. 


(3) 
Convention in Newark, May 31. ; 
Baptized, Sylvester & Helen Mar, children of Mrs. Thomas Chandler. (2) 
Baptized, Charles Higbee, infant son of Mr. G. H. & Mrs. Caroline 
Coursen, of New York. 
Baptized, Justina, infant daughter of Alfred S. & Mrs. Livingston. 
Buried, Mrs. West, wife of John West, of South Trenton, late from 
England. 
Buried Justina, child of A. S. Livingston. 
Baptized, George Corbyn, a convict in the N. Jersey State Prison. 
Baptized, Mary & Josephine, infant children of Charles & Lena Myers. 


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Aug. 31 Buried, Sarah Ann, child of Abram Acre, of South Trenton, aged 4 years. 
Sept. 4 Baptized, William Edgar & Awbleesue, infant children of Capt. Wm. E. 
Hunt. 
Sept. 6 Buried, Awbleesue, infant child of Capt. Wm. E. Hunt, aged 4 months. 
Sept. 12 Buried, Henry Clay, child of Jacob B. & Mrs. Gaddis, aged four years. 
Oct. 4 Married, John D. Norcross to Elizabeth L. Bunting, daughter of Jacob P. 
Bunting of New York. 
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Oct. 10 Married, Col. John H. McIntosh, of Mandarin, Florida, to Charlotte N. 
Higbee, daughter of the late Joseph Higbee. 
Nov. 23 Buried, Mrs. Elizabeth Slack. 
1849. 
Jan. 1 Married Radcliff Whitehead to Mary Ann Vernon. 
Jan. 19 Buried, Mrs. Jane Geary, widow of Doct. Wm. Geary, & daughter of the 
Rev. Mr. Fraser, many years since a Rector of St. Michael’s Church. 
Jan. 29 Baptized, Julia Adelaide, infant daughter of Alfred S. & Mrs. Livingston. 
Feb. 1 Baptized, Emma Matilda, child of John Clark, aged 4 years. 
Feb. 3 Buried, Louis Alfred Chevrier, son of Louis Chevrier, aged 11 years. 
Feb. 4 Buried, Emma Matilda, child of John Clark. 
Feb. 12 Married, John Howell Pratt, of Philadelphia, to Charlotte Franklin 
Wheeler, daughter of S. G. Wheeler. 
Feb. 21 Baptized, George Woodruff, infant child of Charles L. & Mrs. Mary 
Pearson. 
Feb. 26 Buried, Edward, child of Rudolph & Mrs. Eliza Prussen, aged 3 years. 
Mar. 23 Baptized, Mary Jane, infant daughter of George & Margaret Cochran, of 
So. Trenton. 
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April 29 Married, Joseph W. Andrews to Mrs. Eliza Hutchinson. 
May 25 Baptized, Lewis Edward, infant child of L. Rostein & Mrs. Louisa La- 
foucherie, aged 13 mon. 
May 27 Buried, Lewis Edward Lafoucherie. 
May 29 Baptized, Thomas, infant child of George & Angelina Fox. 
May 18 Buried, Mrs. Mary Hester relict of Jacob Hester. 
Convention at Burlington, May 3oth. 
June 17 Baptized, James Green, infant son of Thomas & Mrs. Cain. 
June 24 Baptized, Marion Trent & Clifford Beaks, infant children of Major N. B. 
Rossell, Josephine Augusta & Charles William Hebburn, infant chil- 
dren of Isaac Hester, and William Frederick, child of John F. Klein. (5) 
July 3 Married, John McMullen to Martha Manderville. 
July 5 Baptized, Thomas Myers, a convict in the State Prison. 
[88 ] 
July 5 Baptized, Charlotte Blanch, infant child of Mr. Thomas & Mrs. Hill. 
July 12 Married, Reading B. Jones and Caroline Reed. 
July 25 Married, Doct. J. Howard Ingham to Elizabeth A. Verree, both of Phila- 


delphia County, Penna. 


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Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 


HISTORY OF ‘SE..WICHAEL'S CHURCH 


20 
22 
16 


1850. 


Jan. 


Feb. 


Mar. 
Mar. 


April 


2. 
12 


II 
20 


7 


April 11 
April 19 


April 20 


May 
May 


Buried, Julia Adelaide, infant child of Alfred & Mrs. Livingston, aged 
6 months. 

Buried, Nicholas B. Clarke, son of the last Doct. J. T. Clarke. 

Buried, Samuel E., child of Henry Pauck, aged 2 years. 

Buried, Thomas Myers. 

Buried, Wm. Heath, adopted child of Radcliffe & Mary Ann Whitehead, 


3 yrs. 
Buried, Clarence S., infant child of Wm. Henry & Olive S. Ladd. 


[89] 
Buried, Charles O’Hara. 
Buried, Mary Maccoun. 
Married in St. Michael’s Church, Joseph Murphy to Mary Ann Holmes. 
Buried, Sarah Virginia Hutchinson, child of Mrs. J. W. Andrews, aged 
17 months. 
Buried, Mrs. Clemintina Witherup, wife of Abram Witherup, of New 
York. 
Buried, Mrs. Amy Harris Westcott, widow of the late James D. Westcott. 
Baptized, Wharton, infant child of Samuel & Mrs. Martha Dickinson. 
Baptized, Margaret Ann, infant daughter of James & Mary Reilly. 


Baptized, Georgiana, infant daughter of William Waln. 

Married in Trinity Church, New York, by the Rector of St. Michael’s, 
Doct. Samuel Lilly, of Lambertville, to Mrs. Mary Ellen Torbert, of 
New Hope, Pa. 

Buried, Mrs. Hannah Muirhead. 

Baptized, Charlotte Higbee, infant daughter of Gershom H. Coursen & 
Mrs. Caroline Coursen, of New York. 

Baptized, Samuel Phillips Parham, adult, and Martha, his child, aged 
20 months, also Anna Morgan, infant daughter of Major N. B. Rossell 
& Joseph Dana, infant son of Edward D. Weld. (1 adult, 3 children) 


[90] 

Married, Benjamin Myers to Mary Miller. : 

Baptized, Ann Eliza Godley, Mary Witherup & Clementina Witherup, 
Miss M. A. Forman & Mrs. Starr, witnesses. 

Confirmed by Bishop Doane, Samuel P. Parham, Mrs. Mary Parham, 
Ann Eliza Godley, Mary Witherup, Clemintina Witherup, Azariah 
Disbrow & Mrs. Susan Disbrow. (7) 

Baptized, Henry Lark Wood, convict in the Penitentiary. 

Baptized, Catharine Maria, infant daughter of John G. & Mrs. Theodosia 
W. Stevens. 

Baptized, George Henry, Edward Bullock, Emma Beatty & William 
Evans, children of Azariah & Mrs. Susan Disbrow. (4) 

Convention at Newark, May 29. 

Baptized, Simon Johnson, a prisoner. 

Buried, Mrs. Mary Kerwood, wife of Wm. Kerwood. 

Baptized, Lillian, infant daughter of Hiram Dunbar and Ella Dunbar & 
Mary Amelia, children of Mr. William Bradley, of Philadelphia. 

Married, Richard Payd to Betsey Smith. 


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[91] 


July 18 Baptized, Caroline, infant daughter of James T. Sherman, and Morton 
Redmond, infant son of Dr. James B. Coleman. 

July 19 Buried, Mrs. Rebecca Cain, widow of Charles Cain. 

Aug. 4 Baptized, William Cass, infant son of William Minnis. 

Aug. 7 Buried, Joseph McCarrier, (in Princeton). 

Aug. 28 Buried, William Evans, child of Azariah Disbrow, aged 1 year & 10 
months. 

Aug. 30 Baptized, Jeremiah Fisher, a convict in the State Prison. 

Sept. 10 Buried, Mrs. Catharine Thompson, recently from Cattskill, N. York. 

Oct. 3 Married, Nelson Beans, of New Hope, Penna., to Mary F. Kohl, of Lam- 
bertsville. 

Oct. 6 Baptized, Loisa Hunt, infant child of William & Mrs. Fanny Pearson. 

Oct. 14 Buried, Margaret, child of John Early, aged 6 years. 

Nov. g Married, Henry Smith to Lydia Ann Augustus. 

Nov. 10 Baptized, Richard Thompson, infant son of the Rector, Samuel Starr & 
of Mary, his wife. 

Noy. 11 Buried, Edward Palfray, child of Edward D. Weld, aged 5 years. 

Dec. 29 Married, Francis Jarkins to Rosetta Lard. 

I8S1. 
Jan. 25 Baptized, Joseph Holmes, infant son of Joseph & Mary Ann Murphy. 
[92] 

Feb. 1 Buried, Eleanor Amelia Davis, sister of J. M. Davis, aged 15. 

Feb. 4 Buried, Joseph Holmes, infant son of Joseph & Mary Ann Murphy. 

Feb. 17 Baptized, in State Prison, Loisa, infant child of Joshua & Ann Howard. 

Feb. 19 Married, at the house of the Hon. Samuel D. Ingham, Harry M. Morris, 
of Morrissania, Westchester County, New York, to Georgia A., daugh- 
ter of the late Richard G. Edwards, of the U. S. Navy, of Lexington, 
Kentucky. 

Feb. 22 Buried, Martha Ann, child of Joseph & Sarah Ratcliff, aged two years. 

Mar. 13. Married in Christ Church, Allentown, James Murphy to Emily A. 
Rodgers. 

Mar. 27 Baptized, Emma, infant daughter of Samuel P. & Mary Parham. 

April 18 Baptized, Louisa, infant daughter of F. Rostein & Mrs. Louisa La- 

Good Friday. _ foucherie. 

April21 Baptized, Francis Bowes, infant son of John G. & Mrs. Theodosia 

Easter Stevens. 

Monday. 

April 21 Baptized, George Mason. 

April 22 Baptized, John Barber. 

April 29 Baptized, William Trent, infant child of Doct. William Henry Rossell, of 
Alabama, aged 18 months. 

[93] 

May 1 Baptized, Alfred Hutchinson & Thomas McDaniel, convicts. 

May 2. Buried, F. Rostein Lafoucherie, in the 36th year of his age. 

May 24 Buried, Charles T. son of Albert G. & Marion E. Enos, of West Philadel- 
phia, aged 2 years & 3 mos. 

May 27 Baptized, John Hill, convict. 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Convention in Burlington. 

Buried, Mrs. Charlotte Higbee, widow of the late Charles Higbee, aged 66. 

Buried, Alexander Witherup, aged 85. 

Buried, Hugh Hamilton, aged 86. 

Baptized, James Duckett, infant son of Joseph & Ann Guire. 

Buried, Francis Bowes, infant son of John G. & Mrs. Theodosia W. 
Stevens, aged 9 months. 

Buried, Mrs. Maria Snowden, relict of the late Wm. Snowden. 

Buried, William Henry, child of William Ratcliff, aged 3 years. 

Baptized, John Jacob, child of John Jacob Cuhr, aged 18 months. 

Baptized, Joseph Fenton. 

Married, Charles R. Jones to Mary Josephine Martin, both of Phila- 
delphia. 


[94] 
Buried, John Jacob, child of John Jacob Cuhr, 18 months. 
Buried, Thomas, infant child of James & Mrs. Elizabeth Yates, aged 
11 months. 
Buried, James Duckett, infant child of Joseph & Ann Guire. 
Buried, Mrs. Justina Livingston, wife of Alfred S. Livingston, aged 35. 
Married, Peter Wilson to Lydia Johnson, both of Taylorsville, Penna. 
Baptized, John James, infant son of Jane Roney. 
Buried, John H. Potts. The body brought on from New York to be buried 
with his family. 
Baptized, Joseph Potts, infant child of Samuel C. & Emily Kerr. 
Married, John Simons to Massay Van Harler. 
Married, Robert Gilbert to Catharine Clayton. 
Baptized, Parmelia, infant daughter of Benjamin & Mrs. Mary Myers. 
Married, John J. Halsted to Frances L. Smith. 
Buried, Charles Ramsay, aged 75. 
Married, Moses Young to Elizabeth Riley. 


Married, William Mortimore to Leah H. Jenkinson, of Newtown, Pa. 


[95] 
Married, Horace Ely, of Lambertsville, to Clara Atkinson. 
Married, Garret Schenk to Hannah E. Bird. 
Baptized, Henry Martyn, infant son of Joseph & Mrs. Mary Murphy. 
Buried, Joseph Murphy, aged 29 years. 
Buried, Miss Susan McCulloch, sister of Mrs. Wm. Kerwood, deceased. 
Buried, Emily, daughter of Mr. C. C. Haven. 
Baptized, William, infant child of John & Letitia McCoy, aged 18 months. 
Buried, Henry Martyn, infant child of Joseph Murphy, deceased. 
Married, John Bambridge to Sarah Williamson. 
Convention at Newark, May 26. 
Baptized, Evelyn Dunbar, infant child of William Bradley, of Phila- 

delphia. 


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June 17 
July 20 


APPENDIX P 


Married, George Dunbar to Lydia Corlies. 

Married, Richard R. Paulison to Elizabeth H. Pitcher. 

Buried, Col. Samuel Dickinson. 

Buried ue bee ,infant daughter of Col. Samuel & Mrs. Martha 
Dickinson. 


[96 ] 
Baptized, Matilda Fanny, infant daughter of William & Mrs. Fanny 
Pearson. 
Baptized, Edward Cory, infant son of Edward D. & Mrs. Weld, Joseph 
James, infant son of Joseph & Mrs. Emily A. Murphy, & Catharine 
Ann, Alexander Hughs & John James, children of John & Mrs. Clark. 


(5) 
Baptized, by the Rev. Dr. Hare, of Philadelphia, Thomas Browder! 
infant son of the Rector, the Rev. Samuel Starr & Mary M., his wife. 
Baptized, Maria, infant daughter of James & Jane Ferrell. 
Baptized, George Augustus King, Mr. & Mrs. Danser, witnesses. 


Baptized, Lela Slack, Milton Campbell & Rainbridge Slack, children of 
George & Mrs. Mary Burroughs. 

Baptized, Jesse Marshall Clark & Margaret Marshall Clark, witnesses, 
Mrs. & Miss Hewlings. 

Buried, Rainbridge Slack, infant child of George & Mary L. Burroughs. 

Married, Jesse M. Clark to Christiana H. Hewlings. 

Buried, Mrs. Mary L. Burroughs, daughter of the late Philip Slack. 

Married, George Adelman, of Bristol, Pa., to Eliza Churchwood. 

Buried, Lucy Ann Higbee, daughter of Joseph Higbee, deceased. 

Married, Palmer Thompson to Sarah Fraley. 


[97] 

Married, Julius Reed to Susan Vancleve, of Princeton. 

Buried, Margaret, infant daughter of Henry John & Mrs. Isabella 
Kemble, of the Island of Jamaica. 

Buried, Ann Eliza, child of Joseph A. & Eliza Bond, aged 5 years, 23 
months. 

Buried, William Bond. 

Baptized, Mary Starr, infant child of Ratcliff & Mary Whitehead, of 
Philadelphia. 

Married, Joseph B. Wright, of New Orleans, to Mary E. Moon. 

Buried, Alice Ann, child of Eli Booth, aged 18 months. 

Baptized, Mary Jane Martin, infant child of Earl English, of the U. S. 
Navy, & his wife Elizabeth. 


Baptized, William James, infant son of William & Ann Jane McKee. 

Married, James Verner to Sarah Hammell. 

Married, Doct. Alphonse Rene to Mary Bradford. 

Married, Benjamin Gill to Frances Purdoe. 

Buried, Margaret M. Read, daughter of John Read, the body taken to 
her father’s vault in Christ Church burying ground, Phila., after the 
burial se............ 


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HISTORY OF SI. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Mar. 28 
April 12 
April 17 
May 22 
May 22 


June 7 
June 25 


June 28 


June 29 
July 3 


July 6 
July 15 


[98] 

Buried, William S., son of John Rickey, aged 18 years. ; 

Baptized, Sophie Martin, infant daughter of Dr. Wm. H. & Mrs. Rossell. 

Buried, Mrs. Lydia Raymond, aged 83. 

Married, Henry B. Bechtel & Mary Johnson. 

Married, Joseph Hill to Abigail Oakes. 

Convention in Newark, May 31. 

Married, Theodore Doughty Miller, of New York, to Elizabeth P. Wood. 

Baptized, James & Sarah Ann, infant children of Isaac & Jane Anna 
Roper. 

Married, Thomas Biddle to Mary Ann, adopted daughter of Mr. Samuel 
Simons. 

Buried, Joshua English, in his 6oth year. 

Married, H. C. Perley, of New York City, to Harriet G., eldest daughter 
of Wm. Halsted, Esq., 

Buried, Rebecca F. Cain, daughter of the late Charles Cain. 

Buried, Mr. John Read, aged 84, the body taken to his own family vault 
in Philadelphia, where excepting the last 12 years his life had been 
spent. : 


Buried, Joseph A., child of Joseph & Eliza J. Bond, aged 4 years. 


[99] 

Buried, R. Henry Shreve, son of Capt. Ralph J. Shreve, aged 21. 

Married, John Mclllice to Helen Standish, of Bucks County, Penna. 

Married, Joseph V. Peck, of Baltimore, to Mrs. Abecca G. G. Shull, of 
Bucks County, Penna. 

Baptized, Joseph McCully Gasley. 

Buried, Mrs. Charlotte T. Gobert, late of New York, & mother of Mrs. 
P. Dickinson. 

Baptized, Mary Jean, infant daughter of Doct. Robert Woodruff, of 
Illinois, & grandchild of the late George Woodruff, Esq. 

Buried, Joseph M. Gasley. 

Baptized, Mary Egner, infant child of Edgar O. & Mary A. N. Murden, 
born Feb. 8, 1854. Sponsors, Emma C. Egner, Victoria Murden & 
Peokds Leafs. 

Baptized, John R. Dill, infant child of James & Mrs. Emily A. Murphy. 

Buried, John R. D. Murphy, aged 7 months. 

Married, George W. Miller to Elizabeth J. Allen. 

Married, Edward Furman to Mrs. Harriet H. West. 

Buried, Esther Isabella, child of Thomas & Mary Neale, aged 6 years. 


100 | 


Baptized, Ilicia Wheeler, child of J. M. & Mrs. Elizabeth Davis. 

Married, Charles W. Baynton, to Annie Clark. 

Baptized, Anna, infant daughter of John & Catharine Clark. 

Buried, Matthew Meyer. 

Married, Hiram Quick to Elizabeth Williams. 

Baptized, Francis Hillyer, infant son of Samuel C. & Emily Kerr, and 
Henry Bell, infant son of Samuel & Mrs. Mary Parham. (2) 


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April 6 
April 15 


June 5 


June 9 


Hie HN ks Fe 
Baptized, Francis Bowes, infant son of John G. & Mrs. Theodosia 


Stevens. 
Baptized, William, infant son of Joseph & Abigail Hill, and Mary Eliza- 
beth, infant daughter of Robert & Rosanna Oakes. 
Baptized, Gouverneur, infant son of Gov. Rodman M. & Matilda Sands 
Price, & Elizabeth Letitia, infant daughter of William & Mary Jones. 
S. CLEMENTS. 
Married, Harman Booze & Jane Burns, at his house. 


5. 


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INDEX 


BAPTISMS 
Surname Page Surname Page 
ABERCROMBIE 10 => Crosley 67, 69 
Adams 19, 23 Cuhr 93 
Aiken 72 Currey 60 
Allen E3545 
Anderson 54 Davis 76, 79, 83, 100 
Armstrong 13 Dey 9 
Arnell 63 Dickinson Sy SO O7N ONT Sn 7 ENON OL. 4 
Ashmore fe Dickinson (Matthias, a mulatto boy) 
Atkinson 67 Dill oe 
Ambo (a free colored woman) 10 Disborough 19 
Disbrow 90 

Baur 58 Dixon 19, 24, 29, 38, 42 
Barber 92 Dubarry 54 
Barker 58 Dunbar 80, 90 
Barron 37540 Dunn 9 
Beasley 75,78 Dolton 47 
Bellamy 10 Dougherty 10 
Bird ie Dougiass 64 
Boardley is Doyle 62 
Boden 
Bond 9, 10, 14, 16 ELEY 5 
Bourchier 3 English 97 
Bradley 90, 95 
Brearley 10, 13 FELL 54, 61, 64 
Brittain 36 Fenton 93 
Brown 54 Ferrell 96 
Bryan 57 Ferrey I 
Bryant 27, 44 Fisher QI 
Bullman 1/3 Fister 9 
Burling 64 Forman O5n7 2 
Burroughs 78, 96 Fox 87 
Butler 61 Frankford 9 

; Frisbee 64, 69, 71, 73 
CADWALADER 54 
Cadwallader (John a negro boy) 10 GappIs TAL els 
Cain 39, 72, 82, 87 Gardener 78 
Caldwell 54, 60) Garey 13 
Callen 82 Gary 19,22 
Carrus 54 Gasley 99 
Carter Opis 15, 19.24 Gillespie 54 
Cassey I Glen 36 
Cearns 37 Glentworth 39 
Chadwick 9 Godley go 
Chandler 85 Gorman 5 
Chew 71 Green 74 
Clark 19, 22, 24, 63, 86, 96, 100 Gregg i573 
Claypoole 9 Guire 93 
Clunn 3\5 Guyer 77 
Coburn 73 
Cochran 86 Hains 9 
Cole Hall 49, 67 
Coleman WT 7 S02, O8 Halsted 37,59 
Coles 23 Hamilton 16, 43 
Corbyn 85 Hankinson 
Corey 13 Hansen 67 
Correy 15 Harcourt I 
Corry 14 Hart 40, 45 
Costigan 3 Haster 26 
Cotman (Pompey, a negro) 3 Hayden 79 
Coulton 54 Hay 65072 
Coursen 85, 89 Heidwiler 61, 64 
Covert 30 Henson 195 23539475150 
Cowell 65 Hester 54, 725.735 87 
Creed 64, 68, 75 Hick 7 
Crickard 74 Higbee E39 TAN1 Oy 21512351505) 52700008 
Cromwell 62 Higbie I 


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HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL'S 


Surname Page 
Hill 3, 77, 80, 88, 93, 100 
Holinshead 60 
Hollinshead 67 
Hooper 5,7 
Howard 92 
Hunt I, 3, 13, 31, 65, 67, 85 
Hunt (Isaac & Lydia, negroes) 9 
Hurley 53 
Husband 72 
Hutchinson 93 
Hyer I 
JACKSON 7,10, 75 
Jarvies 5 
Johnson 27, 29, 42, 43, 46, 52, 67, 73, 771 90 
Johnston teh Se. 
Jones 100 
Justice I 
KEARNE 54 
Kearnes 54 
Kerr 94, 100 
King 96 
Klein 81, 87 
Klien 73 
Knox mErO 
Kuzmul 29 
LAFAUCHERIE 69 
Lafoucherie 65, 73, 78, 84, 87, 92 
Lambert 68 
Lambert (Mary & Gabrial, children of 

Phillis, a negro) 10 
Lance 54 
Lanning 32 
Laudy 48, 52 
Littell 58 
Livingston 85, 86 
Lloyd 133 
Loats 28 
Lopers 62 
Loyd 3 
Luther 68 
Mann 62 
Marian 38, 47 
Martinet 54, 65 
Martinette 54 
Martini 46 
Mason 92 
McCoy 95 
McCulloch 59 
McDaniel 93 
Mcllvaine 73,78 
McKee 97 
Mc Na Me 5 
McVay 40 
McVeay 29 
Mease 7NO 
Mershon 24, 69 
Metcalfe I 
Miles 48 
Milnor 53 
Mitchell 34 
Minnis 80, 91 
Moodie 10 
Moore 5,45, 54, 59 
Morris 2559355160370 
Mott 16, 28 
Mountier I 
Murat 54 
Murden 99 
Murphey 45 
Murphy 40, 49, 50, 54, 73, 91; 95, 96, 99 
Myers 85, 87, 94 


Surname 


NELTARH 
Newell 
Nixon 
Noble 
Norcross 


OAKES 
Odell 
Ogden 
O’ Hara 


PARHAM 
Parlour 
Paxson 
Paxton 
Pearson 
Pennington 
Peterson 
Pettit 
Phillips 
Phista 
Pierson 
Pine 
Porter 
Potts 
Powell 
Powers 
Preston 
Price 
Probasco 


QuINTIN 


Ringlear 
Ringly 
Roberts 
Robinson 
Roe 
Rogers 
Rome 
Roney 
Roper 
Rossell 
Rowley 
Ruth 
Ryall 
Ryno 
Rynolds 


SAVAGE 
Scattergood 
Schaffer 
Shafter 
Sherman 
Short 
Sickles 
Singer 
Slack 
Smidt 
Smith 
Smithson 
Southard 
Stafford 
Stanton 
Star 
Starr 
Stevens 


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CHURCH 


Page 

47 

14, 15, 19, 22, 32, 38 
81 

33, 41, 46, 53 

79 


joo 


3 
10 


19, 23, 36, 54, 59 
89, 92, 100 


54 
82, 83 


5 
I, 3, 5, 60, 65, 67, 78, 82, 86, 91, 96 


43 


I 

60, 64, 68 

32, 44, 48, 54, 80 
54 


31, 42 
14, 19, 22, 25, 33 
100 


45 
30 


54 
35, 40, 52, 54 
89 


66, 84, 87, 89, 92, 98 
73 

54, 59 

29, 42, 46, 57 

28 


i 
41, 52,54 
72 


gl 
57, 60, 65, 73, 83, 96 
16, 19, 21, 32, 33, 85, 90, 92, 100 


Surname 


Stevenson 
Stelle 
Story 
Stout 
Stultz 
Swainey 


TAYLOR 
Thomas 
Thompson 
Thomson 


Throgmorton 


Tompkins 
Toy 


VALDANE 
Van Norden 


WADDELL 
Waldburg 
Waldeburgh 
Wall 

Waln 

Ware 


Surname 


AIKEN 
Atkinson 


BARTON 
Bayard 
Betts 
Bird 
Brearly 
Brittain 


CAIN 
Clar 
Coburn 
Colie 
Corry 
Coxe 
Creed 
Crickard 


Davis 
Dickinson 
Disbrow 
Dixon 
Douglass 


ForMAN 
Fraser 
Frisbee 
Furman 


GarREY 
Gary 
Geary 
Gibson 
Gill 
Gillespie 
Godley 
Gordon 
Greegg 
Green 


Hau 
Halsted 
Hamilton 
Hankinson 
Hansen 
Hay 


INDEX 





Page Surname 
19, 24 Waring 
3 Weidman 
5 Weimer 
13 Weld 
58 Weller 
5 Wescott 
Wheyland 
a5 White 
58, 74, 83 Whitehead 
14,19,23,35 Wiggins 
1.395 Wilkinson 
10 Williams 
9 Wills 
3 Wilson 
Witherup 
3 Wood 
73 Woodruff 
26433 YARD 
34 Yardley 
43 Young 
19, 21, 73, 79 
89 ZEHNER 
14, 19, 21, 30 
CONFIRMATIONS 
Page Surname 
72 Hayden 
64 Henson 
Hester 
77 Higbee 
8 Hill 
Wy) Hinds 
72 How 
8 Hughs 
28, 59, 72 Hunt 
Husband 
72,79 
42 JAMES 
75 Johnson 
68 
8, 28, 42, 50 Kerwoop 
8 
64, 68 LaMaup 
S7/ Laning 
Lawrence 
7 Loats 
68, 84 Lowry 
go 
42 Maccoun 
64 March 
McCall 
72 McConley 
8 McCulloch 
64, 69, 72 Mershon 
Milnor 
Minnis 
42 Mott 
28 Muirhead 
69 Murphy 
69 
8 NEWELL 
77 
é4 O'Hara 
50 Owen 
75 
ParHAM 
68 Pauling 
84 Pearson 
28, 50 Phillips 
8 Porter 
79 Potts 
28, 62 Primer 


Page 
59 
68 


I 

72, 74, 78, 89, 96 
37 

60 


5 


5 ge) 

97 

9 

60 

1,557» 54 
69, 70, 73 

I, 30 

72, 74, 81, 90 
90 

19, 22, 99 


61, 69 
78,79 
51,54 


64 


Page 


79 
59 


72 

8, 28, 42, 43, 59, 68 
1) 

69 

8 

79 

8 

59 


77 
28, 59, 69, 72, 75,77 


59, 68, 75 
8 


28 
81 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAELS (CHURCH. 


Surname 


SANDFORD 
Scattergood 
Slack 

Smith 
Smithson 
Starr 
Steitson 
Stevenson 
Swan 


Surname (both parties given) 


ABBEY 
Adams 
Adelman 
Allen 
Anderson 
Andrews 
Anthony 
Atkinson 
Augustus 


Bacon 
Bailey 
Bambridge 
Barnes 
Barney 
Barton 
Bashford 
Baynton 
Beadles 
Beans 
Beasley 
Bechtel 
Berrian 
Berry 
Bessonett 
Betts 
Biddle 
Biles 

Bird 
Boisnot 
Bond 
Booce 
Booze 
Bowden 
Boxingdale 
Boyd 
Bradford 
Breese 
Brewster 
Briscoe 
Brister 
Brittin 
Brown 
Browning 
Budd 
Bunting 
Burk 
Burke 
Burns 
Burroughs 
Byles 


CaIn 
Callis 


Page Surname 
75 TAYLOR 
a ‘Thomas 
7. Thompson 
43 Tyrrell 
84 
8, 50, 59 Van NorvDen 
28 
Wat 
ae Weld 
59 Westcott 
59 Wills 
vin Witherup 
43 Woodruff 
62 Woods 
75 
84 YARD 
28 Yardley 
MARRIAGES 
Page 
55 Campbell 
Dror Chatterdon 
96 Chew 
73,909 Churchwood 
78 Clark 
87 Clayton 
77 Clemens 
44,95 Cole 
gI Connor 
Cook 
aS Cooper 
4 Corlies 
95 Corry 
62 Cotman 
70 Cottnam 
10 Coursen 
64 Covert 
100 Cowell 
Pp Cox 
91 Creamer 
55,70 Crim. 
98 Crosley 
30 Crozer 
78 Cruzen 
73 Cunningham 
80 Curtis 
98 
45 DABLEE 
76,95 Davis 
30 Dearth 
oF De Cou 
12 Dekline 
100 Delay 
ec Delias 
i352 Dennis 
8I Dickens 
97 Dill 
81 Dillon 
70 Dippolt 
49 Dixon 
74, 76, 78 Dougherty 
Downie 
44, 64, 65 Duglass 
76 Dunbar 
75 
85 East 
9 Eberle 
8 Edwards 
100 Ely 
bd Erving 
66 Evans 
78 FELIxA 
83 Felmier 


Surname (both parties given) 


67, 94 
4 


INDEX 


Surname (both parties given) Page 
Ferguson 64 
Field 12 
Fish 2 
Fister 10 
Fleming 63 
Forman 55 
Fraley 96 
Francisco 2 
Frazier BS 
Furman 99 
GacE 51 
Geary 61 
Gilbert 94 
Gill 97 
Gillespy 42 
Gnehe 2 
Gough 81 
Grant 61, 62 
Gray WD 
Green 61 
Gregoree 12 
Grethler 65 
Guild 66 
HaGAarMAN 61 
Haines 47,55 
Hall 41, 70 
Halsted 94, 98 
Hammell 97 
Hankins 66 
Hansen 67 
Harman 12 
Harrison Lay WO) 
Hart 10 
Haslett 83 

ay 61, 62 
Healwood 12 
Heath 83 
Heidwiler 57 
Henson SI 
Herbert 41 
Hester 10 
Hewlings 96 

ey 55 
Hibbs 55 
Hiers 67 
Higbee 26, 55, 66, 68, 70, 71, 76, 77, 86 
Hill 98 
Hilliards 61 
Hiltzimer 10 
Hinds 83 
Hodenburg 81 
Holmes 89 
Holybee 81 
Hoops 12 
Hooton 10 
Houton 4I 
How 9, 51 
Howe 12 
Howell 45 
Huff 10 
Huggins 63 
Hughs 55 
Humphreys 9 
Hunt 9, 48, 55 
Husennetter 63 
Hutchins 64 
Hutchinson 73, 87 
IMLEY 10 
Ingham 88 
Inman 27 
Israel 75 


Surname (both parties given) 


JAMES 
Jandon 
Jarkins 
Jenkinson 
Jennings 
Johnson 
Jones 


KacHBACK 
Kelly 
Kenih 
Kenney 
Killgour 
Kingbury 
Kinsey 
Kohl 
Koon 


LARAMAR 
Lard 
Latan 
Lawrance 
Lawrence 
Leister 
Lewis 
Lilly 
Lloyd 
Lonsdale 
Lowrey 


Lyell 


Maccoun 
Macguire 
Mahany 
Maharlant 
Manderville 
Marcellus 
Marcus 
Marian 
Mark 
Markworth 
Marsh 
Martin 
Martindale 
Mather 
McCarragher 
McConley 
McCreight 
McFall 
Mclllice 
McIntosh 
McKinsie 
McMullen 
Mc Na Mee 
McVay 
Melden 
Menaugh 
Miller 
Minion 
Mitchell 
Montgomery 
Moodie 
Moon 
Moore 
Morris 
Mortimore 
Mulenex 
Munday 
Murat 
Murgtroyd 
Murphy 
Myers 





Naruz 
Nickle 
Nixon 


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16, 20, 66, 78, 79, 94, 


4, 10, 69, 88, 


64, 


555 


8, 64, 90, 98, 


15, 


45, 64, 


66, 76, 89, 
6 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Surname (both parties given) 


Noble 
Norcross 
Norris 
North 
Nott, Jr. 


OAKES 
Oaldan 
Odell 
OeHara 
O’Harra 
Osborn 
Overton 


PARKER 
Parks 
Paterson 
Paulin 
Paulison 
Paxton 
Payd 
Pearson 
Peck 
Perley 
Perrine 
Petit 
Pettit 
Pierson 
Pinkerton 
Pitcher 
Plummer 
Postlewaite 
Potter 
Poynton 
Pratt 
Price 
Primer 
Purdoe 


Quick 
Quigly 


Raum 
Rednor 
Reed 
Rene 
Rhea 
Ricco 
Riley 
Rippon 
Robbins 
Roberts 
Robinson 
Rodgers 
Rodman 


Roe 
Rosehill 
Rossell 
Rouse 
Ruan 
Runnells 
Runnels 
Runyan 
Rutherford 
Ryall 
Ryder 
Ryno 


SANDFORD 
Schenk 
Scott 
Scotten 
Scutchens 
Semour 
Shepard 
Shull 


Page 


48, 74, 80 


67,95 


20, 21, 25 


26 


Surname (both parties given) 


Simmons 
Simons 
Sison 
Slack 
Slidell 
Smith 
Smithson 
Southard 
Sparrow 
Srader 
Standish 
Starr 
Sterling 
Stevens 
Steward 
Stelle 
Stocker 
Stowell 
Swainey 


TAYLOR 
Tessiers 
Thomas 
Thompson 
‘Thornton 
Throgmorton 
Till 
‘Tindale 
Torbert 
Tucker 
Tyrrell 


UFFINGTON 


VANCLEVE 
Van Harler 
Vanhorn 
Vanpelt 
Vansciver 
Van Zandt 
Vaun 
Verner 
Vernon 
Verree 


WALDBURG 
Walton 
Warner 
Watson 
Weidman 
Welling 
Wertz 
Wescott 
West 
Wharton 
Wheeler 
Wheyland 
White 
Whitehead 
Whitlock 
Wiley 
Wilgoos 
Williams 


Woodruff 
Wooley 
Wright 
Wycoff 


YARDLEY 
Young 


ZEHNER 


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Page 
63 
20, 22, 94, 98 


55 
61, 71, 72 


79 
71, 79, 90, 91, 94 


4, 55, 62, 82 


15, 20, 80, 96 


55, 80 


77, 82 


2, 10, 100 
39, 55,95 


—— = 


Surname 


ACRE 
Allen 
Allison 
Anderson 
Andrews 
Appleton 
Armstrong 


Arnell 


BAuR 
Barker 
Bellerjeau 
Benjamin 
Betts 
Boling 
Bond 
Booth 
Braithwait 
Brearley 
Brearly 
Brittain 
Bryant 
Bulkley 
Buonaparte 
Burge 
Burhart 
Burroughs 


CADWALADER 


Cain 
Campbell 
Cearns 
Chaderton 
Chandler 
Chevrier 
Clark 
Clarke 
Clunn 
Coleman 
Corlies 
Correy 
Corry 
Cowell 
Creed 
Crispin 
Cuhr 


DaBILE 
Davis 
Dickinson 
Dill 
Disbrow 
Dover 
Doyle 


Earty 
East 
English 


Enos 


FIELD 
Forman 
Frazer 


GaApDIS 
Gasley 
Geary 
Gobert 
Green 
Gregg 
Guire 


HAGERLY 
Hall 


INDEX 





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BURIALS 
Page Surname Page 
85 Halsted 49, 53 
12 Hamilton 16, 17, 93 
SZ Hankison 12 
49 Harcourt 12 
89 Hart 53 
12 Haven 95 
56 Hay 69 
63 Henderson 71 
Henson 38, 50, SI 
58 Hester 40, 56, 68, 87 
58 Hewitt 82 
on Hewlings 84 
39, 82 Higbee 6, 17, 21, 23, 48, 52, 56, 61, 66, 69, 93, 96 
80 Hill 77 
62, 71 Holdin 12 
12, 46, 68, 97, 98 Hollinshead 67 
97 Howell 56 
12 Humphreys 38 
6 Hunt 15,17, 44,50, 51,56, 59, 67, 74, 79, 84, 85 
TONES Husband 58 
83 
48, 50 INGLEHEART 12 
70 
38 JARVIS 51 
83 Johnson 70 
LF DE Johnston 32043 
96 Jones 44 
83 KEMBLE 97 
25, 39, 68, 72, 91, 98 Kerwood 90 
76 Klein 8i 
38 
so => Lapp 88 
84 Lafoucherie 84, 87, 93 
86 Lawrence UP AS) 
17, 24, 86 Livesey 12 
81, 88 Livingston 85, 88, 94 
Tass Lupp aa 
I 
So Maccoun 80, 89 
16 March flys 
17, 48, 66 Mattison 51 
65 McCall 46 
83 McCarrier gi 
79 McCulloch 95 
94 Mcllvaine 73 
Mershon 71 
38 Meyer 100 
92 Minner 5 
69, 74,77,95 Moon 56, 58, 06 
8I Moore 64 
QI Mount 52 
53 Muirhead 89 
62 Murphy 58, 92, 95, 99 
Musgrove 57 
gI Myers 88 
12 
98 NEAL 60 
93 Neale 99 
Newell 63 
44 
46, 75 O’ Hara 60, 89 
17 p22, SSO O’Harra 56 
85 PARKER 12, 51 
99 Pauck 88 
82, 86 Pauling 68 
99 Paxson 82 
43,47 Pearson 12, 17, 22, 60, 70, 74 
48 Pettit 69, 72 
94 Phillips 82 
Pierson 56 
56 Potts 80, 94 
25 Powers 49 


HISTORY OF ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH 


Surname Page Surname Page — 
Preston 34 Thomson 14,0 
Prussen 86 Titus 7 

Tibolts 56 
RAMSEY 77,94 Trent 12se@ 
Ratcliff 92, 93 Tucker 49 
Raum 60 =‘ Tyrrell 57 
Raymond 98 
Read 97, 98 VANDEGRIFT 53 
Rickey 56,9 Vanpelt SI 
Robinson 56, 65 
Rossell 46, 70,84 WaApDELL 25, 41, 48, 52, 80 
Rudolph 50—s«&a iil 31 
Ryall 45, 46, 51, 66 Ware E754) 
Ryan 12 Weld 70, 91 
Ryno 49, 52 West 

Westcott 66, 89 
SHEPECK 12 Weston 34 
Shreve 99 =~) Whealon 12 
Simons 45 White 78 
Slack 40, 47, 63, 66, 68, 86 Whitehead 71, 88 
Smith 4,77 Wilkinson 56 
Snowden 80, 93 Willets 82 
Spencer 12 Williams 0; 12 
Stafford 56, 61 Wills 70 
Starr 76 Wilson 46 
Stelle 12 Witherup 74, 80, 89, 93 
Stevens 17; 34, 93 Witte Ta 
Stevenson 17,24 Wood 56, 62 
Steward 38 Woodruff 58, 80, 84. 
Stryker 59 ~=Wright 66.0 ae 
TAYLOR 56,77. YARD 44, 62, 74) ae 
Thomas 74 Yates 04a 
Thompson 48, QI Young 51 


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NOTE AS TO THE GENERAL INDEX 


ty vb 


NAMES on gravestones in St. Michael’s Churchyard are listed in 
alphabetical order in that section, and hence are not included here. 
Transcriptions of names from the Parish Register have their own 


special index under that heading. 


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GENERAL INDEX 


ABBOTT, Timothy, sketch of, 279 

Adams, Dunlap, 54, 86 

Adams, Sampson, 126 

Adams, Samuel, 173 

All Saints Church, 246, 248 

Allen, Isaac, 47, 76; sketch of, 86-87 

Allen, John, 84, 85; sketch of, 87 

Altenbrandt, Mary C., 281 

Amwell, 134 

Anderson, John, 66, 135 

Appleton, Edward Webster, 224, 226, 
227; sketch of, 228-29 

Armstrong, Virginia Ashmore, 97 

Atkinson, Samuel, 290 

Atkinson, William Havens, sketch of, 
279 

Auten, Frederick, 206 

Axford, Charles, 49, 82, 84, 87, 123, 
125, 140, 354 

Axford, Charles, Jr., 87, sketch of, 123 

Ayres, Lillian, 279 


BABBITT, William M., 219 

Baker, Alfred B., 244 

Baker, Charles Henry, sketch of, 279- 
80 

Baldwin, Ashbel, 149 

Baptisms, See Parish register 

Baptists, 17 

Barlow, Elizabeth, 203 

Barnes, John, 76, 84, 354; sketch of, 
87-88 

Barnes, John R. S., 282 

Barnes, Thomas, 84, 354; sketch of, 88 

Barr, Margaret, 287 

Barracks, 84-85 

Bass, Edward, 148 

Bass, Jeremiah, 15, 25, 32, 68, 69 

Battle of Trenton, 80, 81, 91 

Bayard, Lewis P., 129, 130 

Beach, Abraham, 149 

Beakes, Lydia, 211 

Beakes, Nathan, 108, 356 

Beakes, Rebecca, 87 

Beasley, Frederick, 178, 182, 184; 
sketch of, 185 

Beasley, Mercer, 219; sketch of, 
200-01 

Beasley, Mercer, II, 288 

Beatty, John, 97 


Belcher, Jonathan, 48 

Belleville, Nicholas Jacques Emman- 
uel de, sketch of, 201 

“Belleville,” 100, 110, 355 

Benjamin, Jacob, 111 

Bergen, Jacob G., 95 

Bernard, Francis, 85 

Berrian, John, 84 

Bigelow, Allen Caryl, 282 

Biles, Daniel, 84 

Bird, Josiah N., 197 

Bishop’s house trust fund, 305 

Bishops in America, 1801, 148 

Bishops of New Jersey, 311 

Bissell, Sarah E., 305 

Bissell, William E., 284 

Blackfan, Hannah, 288 

Blackfan, Ogden Wilkinson, sketch 
of, 280 

Blackwell, Jonathan Hunt, sketch of, 
280 

“Blazing Star,” 111 

Blodgett, William Loami, sketch of, 
280-81 

“Bloomsbury Court,” 91, 213, 343-44 

Bodine, Elizabeth D., 203, 281 

Bodine, Joseph L., 203; sketch of, 281 

Bodine, William B., sketch of, 226 

Boggs, Robert, 156 

Bonaparte, Joseph, 96, 357-58 

Bond, Elijah, 42, 54, 76, 82, 84, 123; 
legacy of, 124, 125, 142, 166; sketch 
of, 89 

Bond, Sarah Margaret Hunt, 291 

Book of Common Prayer, 39, 71: 
amendments to, 150-51 

“Bow Hill,” 96, 108, 358 

Bowes, Esther, 91 

Bradford, William, 39 

Bray, Thomas, 20 

Brearley, Catherine M., 268 

Brearley, David, 92, 120, 306, 354; 
sketch of, 88-89 

“Breese farm, | ‘13, 27 

Brent, Charles H., 299 

Brewer, J. Hart, 289 

Britton, Charles P., 285 

Browne, I., 74 

Bryant, Jonathan, sketch of, 201 

Bryant, William, 343 


Die 


GENERAL INDEX 


Bugbee, Newton Albert Kendall, 305, 
307; sketch of, 281 

Buildings, St. Michael’s, 324 

Bunting, Oscar S., 260, 265-66 

Burge, Mary, 339-40 

Burials, 140. See Parish register 

Burleigh, George William, 288 

Burlington, 9, 13; church at, 12, 21, 32 

Burlington Friends’ meeting, 17 

Burr, Keziah, 101 

Butler, Martha Hindsdale, 282 


CADWALADER, John Lambert, 202 

Cadwalader, Margaret, 102 

Cadwalader, Martha, 95 

Cadwalader, Thomas, 91, 219; sketch 
of, 202 

Cadwalader, Thomas McCall, sketch 
Op 202 

Campbell, Peter, 87 

Campbell, Rebecca, 136 

Campbell, Sarah, 86 

Cannon, William, 123 

Carr, Alexander, 90 

Carr, Elias F., 295; sketch of, 281 

Carr, Thomas, Jo 

Carter, Abiel, 160, 162, 163, 170; 
sketch of, 171 

Chaderton, William, 182 

“Chapel of St. John the Baptist,” 18 

Chatburn, Jonas, 135 

Cheltenham Academy, 215 

Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, 17 

Chevrier, Anna, 288 

Chevrier, Charles N., sketch of, 226-27 

Christ Church, Philadelphia, 12, 25 

Christ Church, Trenton, 246-47 

Church of England;'1,°15, 16,’20, 21, 
22, 23, 26, 33, 34, 40, 45, 48, 66, 70, 
74, 113. See also Episcopal Church 

Clagett, Thomas John, 148 

Clark, Anne de Belleville, 209 

Clark, James, 201 

Clark, Susan Elizabeth, 209 

Claypoole, Abraham George, 49, 3543 
sketch of, 89-90 

Clements, Samuel, 214; sketch of, 215 

Clunn, Charles, 104 

Clunn, John, 54, 104, 354; sketch of, 
go 

Clymer, George, 102 

Clymer, Henry, sketch of, 202 

Coale, Mary, 104 

Coddington, Mary, 340-41 

Collins, Albemarle, 90 

Collins, Isaac, 121, 131-32, 354 


Collins, William, 90 
Colonists, religion of, 1, 7, 22, 29, 33, 


34 

Colvin, Patrick, 111 

Confirmations, See Parish register 

Congress at Trenton, 91-92, 95 

Conover, Thomas A., 248 

Conrad, Anna, 285 

Convention delegates from St. Mich- 
ael’s, 120, 127-28, 319-23 

Conway, Isabelle Gertrude, 291 

Cook, Edmund Dunham, sketch of, 
281-82 

Cook, George R., 282 

Cooper, Edward, 197 

Cooper, James R., sketch of, 282 

Cooper, Peter, 197, 285 

Cooper & Hewitt’s iron mill, 197 

Cornbury, Lord, 2, 7, 21, 24, 38 

Cottnam, Abraham, 54, 84; sketch of, 
90-91 

Cowell, David, 94 

Cox, John, 120, 121, 131, 343, 3543 
sketch of, 91-92 

Coxe, Abigail, 92 

Coxe, Charles, 64, 94, 169 

Coxe, Colonel Daniel, 12, 32, 33, 65, 
68, 94, 339, 361-62; sketch of, 334- 


35 

Coxe, Daniel, III, 41, 84, 85; sketch 
of, 92-93 

Coxe, Daniel, IV, 76, 77; sketch of, 
93-94 

Coxe, Dr. Daniel, court physician to 
Charles II, 33 

Coxe, Grace, 94 

Coxe, John, 33, 42, 44; sketch of, 
94-95 

Coxe, Rebecca, 354 

Coxe, William, 94 

Coxe family, 44, 92-95, 272 

Craft, Milton A., 247, 265, 267 

Croes, John, 129, 130, 131, 148, 153, 
Lt 164, 182, 183; sketch of, 157- 
5 


DAGWorRTHY, John, 354; sketch of, 95 

Dagworthy, John, Jr., 84, 85, 95 

Dagworthy, Mary, 95 

Davies, Samuel Bernaird, sketch of, 
282 

Davis, Abial, 22 

Davis, Frances, 281 

Davis, James M., 254; sketch of, 203 

Davis, Mrs. Jefferson, 102 

Dayton, William Lewis, 288 


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GENERAL INDEX 


Declaration of Independence, faith of 
signers of, 351-52 

De Cou, Isaac, 54, 123, 166, 354; 
sketch of, 95-96 

De Cou, James C., 243, 244, 269, 295, 
296, 303-04; sketch of, 282-83 

Deeds, 324, 328-332 

De Klyn, Barnt, 108, 355, 358; sketch 
of, 96-97 

De Klyn, “Kitty,” 96 

Denn, John, 66 

Dickinson, Charlotte Corinne, 289 

Dickinson, General Philemon, 92, 99, 
103 

Dickinson, Martha Gibson, sketch of, 
205-06 . 

Dickinson, Philemon, 219, 355; sketch 
of, 203-04 

Dickinson, Philip Wharton, 206 

Dickinson, Samuel, sketch of, 203 

Dickinson, Samuel Meredith, sketch 
of, 204-05 

Dill, John R., 222; sketch of, 206 

Doane, George Washington, 178-81, 
EG08 107; 214; 215,,217./210,,)222 

Douglass, Alexander, 355 

Douglass, John, 120 

Driver, Hester A., 261, 288 

Duane, Richard B., 216-19, 220, 252; 
sketch of, 221 

Dunbar, David, 84 


EATON, Robert, 25, 26; sketch of, 336 

Eatons, 22 

Eayre, Richard, 22 

Eckley, Samuel, 339 

Eckley, Sarah, 335, 339-40 

Eddy, William Best, 292, 297, 298; 
sketch of, 293 

Egyptian Pottery Company, 280 

Elkins, Hattie, 209 

Ely, Elizabeth, 99 

Ely, Sarah, 95 

Emerson, James, 76, 123, 355; sketch 
of, 97 

Emley, William, 10; map of Trenton 
and vicinity, 1714, 14, 56 


English, Ambrose W., sketch of, 283 
Episcopal Church, 20, 113; need of 
resident bishop, 113-15; Episcopate 
secured, 116; critical period, 117- 
18; American church, 118; “Prot- 
estant Episcopal” first used, 119; 
United Episcopal body in U.S., 120; 
first convention, 120-21; slow 
growth, 122; N.J. diocese, 121, 153- 


58, 243. See also Bishops in Amer- 
wca, 1801; Bishops in N.J.; Church 
of England; N.J.s bishop. 

Evangelical Lutheran, 18 

Evans, Evan, 21 

Ewing, 13, 16 

Ewing Presbyterian Church, 15, 16 


FALLS of the Delaware, 9, 22 

Fell, Leonora A., 280 

Fersen, Hans Axel, 344 

First Baptist Church, 18 

First Christian church, 15, 27 

First Methodist Episcopal Church, 17 

First Presbyterian Church, 16, 136 

Fish, Jonathan Sackett, sketch of, 206 

Fish, William, 336 

Fisher, Clark, 169 

Fisk, Annie, 209 

Fitch, John, 104 

Fletcher, John, 194 

Folwell, Harriet Sarah, 290 

Forman, Olivia Gardner, 286 

Fowler, Andrew, 153 

Franklin, Benjamin, 221 

Franklin, William, 93 

Frazer, Charles-C., 173 

Frazer, William, 73, 
134, 135, 136, 137 

Frazier, Caroline Georgiana, 359 

Free Public Library, Trenton, 169, 
202 

Freeland, Anna, 285 

“French Arms. ‘Tavern; { 91, .92,. 95; 
354 

Fritz, Sarah, 290 

Funk, Alfred C., sketch of, 283 

Furman, Moore, 94, 355 


121, 128, 


133, 


Gappis, Jacob B., 197 

Galt, James Henry, sketch of, 283 

Gardiner, Walter C., 153 

General Convention of the Episcopal 
Church, 1801, 148-152 

Geographical divisions in early 
times, 13 

German Lutherans, 18 

Gibson, Martha, 203 

Gifts, tablets and memorials, 325-27 

Gill, Albert Livingston, 295; sketch 
of, 283 

Gillmore, Henry Van Kleek, 209 

Ginnelley, Edwin Hellyer, 362; 
sketch of, 283-84 

Glentworth, Plunket Fleeson, 42; 
sketch of, 206-07 


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GENERAL INDEX 


Gobert, Margaret Corinne Clothilde, 
203, 204 

Godown, Evans, 135 

Gordon, Elisha, 188, 189 

Gordon, Thomas, 42; sketch of, 207 

Gosman, A., 67 

Gould, Elizabeth, 109 

Gouverneur, Maria C., 202 

Grace Church, Trenton, 246-47, 252- 
53, 266, 267 

Grant, Edward Ingleton, sketch of, 
284 

Grant, Martha Ryland, 242 

Grant, Mary Westcott, 233 

Great and stones, 270, 306, 365- 


Green, Edward T., 201 
Green, Elmer Ewing, 209 
Gummere, William S., 201 


HAINS, Ann, 213 

Halliday, Thomas, 39 

Hallowes, Elise Nicoll, 301 

Halsted, William, Jr., 222; sketch of, 
207 

Hamilton, Alexander, 137 

Hamilton, Philip, 137 

Hamilton township, 13 

Hancock, Sarah E., 283 


Hancock, William, 305; sketch of, 
284 

Harrison, Charles, 59, 76; sketch of, 
97-98 


Harrison, William, 34, 40 

Harrison, William Henry, 190-91 

Havens, Catherine, 201 

Hay, Fanny Southard, 208 

Heath, Andrew, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 336 

Heath, David, 135 

Heaths, 22, 23, 24 

Hebrew Synagogue, 18 

Hendrickson, Franklin, sketch of, 284 

Henry, Samuel, 54, 95, 354; sketch of, 
98-99 

“The Hermitage,” 203, 206 

Hester, Jacob, 127 

“Hester Driver Smith Memorial 
Fund,’ 261 

Heston, Zebulon, 22 

Hewitt, Abram S., 197 

Hewitt, Charles, sketch of, 285 

Hewitt, Charles E., 280, 282 

Hewitt, John, 197 

“Hicksite” meeting house, 17 

Higbee, Charles, 49, 141, 142, 156, 
233, 355; sketch of, 207-08 


Higbee, Frances, 201 

Higbee, Joseph, Il, 54, 84, 3553 
sketch of, 99 

Higbee, Joseph, III, sketch of, 207-08 

Higbee, Lewis Pemberton, 211 

Higbee, Mary, 104 

Higbee, Rachel, 209 

Higbee, Theodosia, 212 

Higginson, Charles H., 219 

Hilson, Cleaveland, 209; sketch of, 
285 

Hoff, John Dunham, sketch of, 285 

Holland, T. Bond, 276-78 

Hollingshead, Joshua, 28 

Holton, Pauline Josephann, 357 

Hooke, Sergeant, 30 

Hooper, Jacob Roeters, 100 

Hooper, Rachel, 271 

Hooper, Robert Lettis, I, sketch of, 


99 

Hooper, Robert Lettis, II, 42, 54, 84, 
85; sketch of, 99-100 

Hooper, Robert Lettis, III, 123, 3553 
sketch of, 100 

Hooper, Sarah, 105 

Hopewell, 13, 15, 16, 23, 26, 34 

Hopewell Episcopal Church, 13, 14, 
15, 20, 32, 45, 69; deed: ton2zman 
24, 25, 30, 328-332, 342; “Lycense 
to’ build,” 25, 26: «location, =27% 
property sold, 27, 28, 29; trouble 
in getting ministers, 31, 33, 343 
founders and benefactors, 333-36; 
ministers, 36, 39, 40, 311 

Hopewell graveyard, 250-51, 341, 343 

Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 14, 
152010 

Hopkins, John Henry, 178 

Hopkinson, Francis, 351 

Houdin, Michael, 41, 54, 56, 84; 
sketch of, 60-62 

Houston, Jean, 213 

Houston, William C., 92 

How, Michajah, 54, 76, 123, 355; 
sketch of, 101 

How, Thomas Yardley, 101 

Howard, Mary, 340 

Howe, Roswell, sketch of, 208 

Howell, Carrie, 289 

Howell, Emmeline, 206 

Howell, Hezekiah, 167 

Howell, Philip F., 44 

Howell, Richard, 149; sketch of, 
101-02 

Howell, William, 219 

Humphrey’s map, 16 


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GENERAL 


Hunt, Abraham, 95, 104, 355; sketch 
of, 208 

Hunt, Matilda Emily, 285 

Hunt, Pearson, sketch of, 209 

Hunt, Westley P., 183, 219; sketch of, 
209 

Hunt, William Edgar, 197, 219; 
sketch of, 209 

Hunterdon county, 13 

Hutcheson, George, 5 

Hutchinson, Isaac, 23, 25 

Hutchinson, John, 22, 24, 25, 26 

Hutchinson, Marmaduke, 23, 25 

Hutchinson, Thomas, 22, 25 

Hutchinson deed, 22, 26, 27, 30, 69, 
328-31 

Hutchinsons, 22, 23, 25 


INEss, Alexander, 21 

Ingoldsby, Richard, 25, 26, 37, 38 
Ingram, George H., 27, 28 
“Instructions” of Queen Anne, 2, 7-8 
Ives, Levi Silliman, 178 


JACKSON, Lewis H., 260-61 

Jarvis, Abraham, 148 

Jay, Mrs. Sarah, 286 

Jefferson, Thomas, 351 

John Street Church, N.Y.C., 17 

Johnson, David, 184 

Johnson, Thomas W., sketch of, 285 

Johnson, William Lupton, 164, 172, 
174; sketch of, 175 

Jones, Irene Ingraham, 209 

Jones, W. Strother, 273, 274; sketch 
of, 269-70 


KALLAM, Elizabeth H., 203 

Kalm, Peter, 55 

Katzenbach, Edward Lawrence, 209 

Keith, George, 4, 5, 20, 21, 22, 29, 30; 
sketch of, 333 

Kerwood, William, 28; sketch of, 210 

Kirby, John, sketch of, 285 

Knauff, Christopher Wilkinson, 230, 
236, 237-41; sketch of, 242 

Knight, Albion W., sketch of, 301 

Knight, Edward Jennings, 247, 275: 
6 


Knowles, Robert, 42 


LAFAYETTE, Marquis de, 213, 354 
Lalor, Jeremiah, 96 

Lambert, Thomas, 9, 17 
Lamberton tavern, 90 


INDEX 


Lambertville, 135 

Lanning, Ralph, 28, 331-32 
Lawrence township, 13 
Lawrenceville, 15 

Laylor, Caroline, 358 

Lee, Richard Henry, 351 
Legacies, 324 

Lewis, Elizabeth Lawrence, 208 
Lightipe, L. H., 244 

Lincoln, Abraham, 227 
Lindsay, William, 40 
Livingston, Alfred S., 218, 219 
Livingston, Mrs. Ida, 305 

Loe churehy i ct $3010, 87 
Lotteries, 345-50 

Lovelace, Lord, 39 

Loyalty to the crown, oath of, 3 


MCCALL, William Coleman, 203 

MacCauley, Eugenia, 209 

Macdonald, Mary, 286 

McGregor, David M., 306 

Mcilvaine, Charles P., 178 

Macllvaine, Edward Shippen, 209 

McIlvaine, Joseph, 127 

MclIlvaine, William R., 238-39, 243; 
sketch of, 286 

McIntosh, Charlotte N., 257 

MacLeod, Josephine, 209 

Madison, James, 148 

Maidenhead, 13, 24, 33, 34; church at, 
14; 16, 32,)65,106, 68.3) Town, lot, 
15, 57, 65-69 

Mann, Frances A., 21i 

Marie Antoinette, 344 

Marriages, See Parish register 

Martin, Ethel May, 303 

Martin, M. H., 251 

Masonic order, 88, 306, 361-64 

Mather, Cotton, 31 

Matthews, Paul, 305; sketch of, 299- 
301 

May, Rev. Mr., 32, 34, 40 

Mayor, Katharine G., 282 

Mechanics National Bank, 210, 279, 
286 

Memorials, See Gifts, 
memorials 


tablets and 


Mercer county, 13 

Meredith, Ann, 203 

Meredith, Elizabeth, 202 

Meredith, Martha, 211 

Meredith, Reese, 102 

Meredith, Samuel, 356; sketch of, 
102-03 


Bs Seal 


GENERAL INDEX 


Merritt, Emeline, 285 

Mershon, John, 28, 183; sketch of, 
210 

Methodists, 17 

Mildrum, John, 135 

Miller, Hannah, 108 

Milnor, Joseph, 355 

Ministers, Induction of, 151 

Missionaries, 20, 21, 25, 36-41, 63, 73; 


74 

Mitchell, Martha, 95 

Mitchell, S. Weir, 202 

Montgomery, James, 160; sketch of, 
161 

Moor, William H., 247 

Moore, Benjamin, 149, 150, 271 

Moore, Garetta, 204 

Moore, John, 116 

Moore, Thoroughgood, 30, 31, 38; 
sketch of, 37 

Morris, Anthony, 340 

Morris, Euphemia, 103 

Morris, Helena, 212 

Morris, Lewis, 3, 38, 95, 354 

Moses, James, sketch of, 286 

Moses, John, sketch of, 286 

Mount Zion Baptist Church, 18 

Murat, Napoleon Francois Lucien 
Charles, 359 

Murphy, James, sketch of, 286 

Murphy, John L., sketch of, 286-87 

Murphy, Mary F., 304 

Murphy, Thomas Logan, 227 

Myers, William Starr, 199; sketch of, 
287 


NAPOLEON Bonaparte, 359 

Neilson, James, 45 

Neilson, William H., 244, 249, 253, 
254, 257; sketch of, 258-59 

New Jersey, See Provincial New 
Jersey 

New Jersey Society Sons of the 
Revolution, 278 

New Jersey’s bishop, 153-58 

Norcross, William W., 219 

Norton, Ralph, 103 

Nottingham, 13, 100 


ODELL, Jonathan, 34 

Odenheimer, William Henry, 228; 
sketch of, 222-23 

Ogden, Samuel, 127, 148; sketch of, 
103 

Ogden, Uzal, 73, 120, 148, 153, 154, 
155 


Onderdonk, Benjamin Treadwell, 178 

Opdycke, Samuel, 135 

Oram, James, 127, 143 

Organ, St. Michael’s, 190, 230, 236, 
255, 284, 305 


PAINTER, Mabel Lois, 284 

Panton, George, 57, 76; sketch of, 
78-80 

Parish register of St. Michael’s and 
index, 385-444 

Parke, Roger, 24, 25, 26 

Parrott, Jane, 204 

Parsons, Margaret, 282 

Paxson, Samuel, 44, 290 

Paxson, Stacy A., 290; sketch of, 210 

Pearce, Elizabeth Ann, 90 

Pearson, Charles L., sketch of, 210 

Pearson, George T., 232, 233, 235 

Pearson, Isaac, 54; sketch of, 104-05 

Pearson, Robert, I, 103 

Pearson, Robert, II, 103 

Pearson, Robert, III, 66, 76, 84, 123; 
sketch of, 103-04 

Pearson, Robert, IV, sketch of, 104 

Pearson, Theodosia, 104 

Pearson, William, 355 

Pearsons, 22 

Perkins, Charles M., 244 

Perry Street Chapel, 262-64 

Pews at St. Michael’s, §7, 59, 124, 133, 
137, 165 

Phillips, Samuel, 66 

Pidgeon, William, 54, 84, 85, 355; 
sketch of, 105 

Polhemus, John, sketch of, 105-06 

Political and religious troubles on 
the Continent, 2 

Potter, Anna Margaretta, 288 

Potts, Stacy, 104, 355 

Potts, William, 44, 173 

Prayer Book, See Book of Common 
Prayer 

Presbyterians, 1, 15, 16, 36, 54, 59, 65, 
68, 116 

Procter, Elsie, 299 


Provincial New Jersey: early moral 
conditions, 3; population, 3; re- 
ligious dissension, 4; harsh penal 
code, 6, 7; union of East and West 
Jersey, 20; assembly against Lord 
Cornbury, 38 

Provoost, Samuel, 116, 121 

Pullin, John, 335 

Pyne, Moses Taylor, 288 


Bas On 


Be i 


GENERAL INDEX 


QUAKERS, 1, 2, 3> 4; 5; 9, 17, 20, 31, 


34, 56 
Queen Anne, 2, 7, 20, 32, 39 


RALL, Colonel, 80, 81, 355 

Rayner, Menzies, 148, 153 

Read, John, sketch of, 210-11 

Rectors of St. Michael’s, 54, 56, 57; 
60-64, 128, 311-13, 385-86 

Rectory, ot. Michael 8,250, 275, 277 

Redman, Sarah, 93 

Reed, Joseph, 94 

Religious instinct, 1 

Religious liberty in New Jersey, 2 

Revell, Thomas, 15, 68, 69 

Rhea, jonathan, .127, 141, 142,'355; 
sketch of, 211 

Rhea, Maria, 213 

Ringoes, See Amwell 

Roberts, S. G., Espie, 131, 146 

Robeson, John, 135 

Robins, Elizabeth, 105 

Robinson, James S., 189 

Roe, Mary Westcott, 284 

Roebling, Emily W., 202 

Roebling, John A., 209 

Rogers, William B., 248 

Roman Catholics, 2, 18 

Rossell, Anna, 212 

Rossell, Clifford Beakes, sketch of, 
212 

Rossell, Mary Trent, 208 

Rossell, Zachariah, 49, 108, 166, 183; 
sketch of, 211-12 

“Royal Oak Inn,” 111 

Rozell, John, 47 

Rudd, John Churchill, 131, 156 

Rutger, Maria, 211 

Rutherford, John, 127, 148; sketch 
of, 212 

Ryale, Eliza D., 210 


SADLER, Wilbur F., Jr., 295; sketch of, 
287 

St. Andrew’s Church, Amwell, 133, 
134 

St. Andrew’s mission, 247 : 

St. George’s Church, Philadelphia, 17 

St. James Church, 246, 248 

St. Luke’s mission, 247 | 

St. Mary’s Church, Burlington, 23, 31, 
32, 335 36, 38, 69, 89, 120, 138, 243, 


334 ; 

St. Michael’s Church: parish at Hope- 
well, 15, 27; FORMATION OF PARISH, 
TRENTON-deed, 42, 44, 45; ground 


surveyed, 1822, 43; its name, 45; 
original building, 46; lottery to 
finish building, 46, 84, 345-47; im- 
provement, 46, 59; charter and in- 
corporation, 47-53; salaries, 58; 
library, 58. REVOLUTIONARY WAR- 
Book of Common Prayer require- 
ments, 71; sufferings of clergy, 70- 
74; church closed, 75; damage to 
building, 80-83; services resumed, 


1783, 123; repairs, 123-24. Bell 
loaned, 168, 169; Choir, 193, 194, 
294; Chronological outline of 


events, 309-10; Debt, 1830, 183-84; 
Financial state, 1808, 141-43, 1893, 
262; Improvements, 1843, 192-93; 
1862, 225; 1886, 255-56; 1906, 272; 
Lottery with Presbyterians, 59, 347- 
50; Music, 293-94; Parish library, 
187, 188; Parishioners, list of, 1825, 
175-77; Pro-Doane rupture and 
Trinity Church, 217-19; Prominent 
churchmen, 360-64; Rebuilding 
church, 1819, 162-64; 1870, 231-36; 
Rector’s salary, 137, 141, 184, 264; 
Seal, 165-66; Stained glass win- 
dows, 235, 236, 272; Statistics, 1810, 
P12 7 eed. 125561021,11 70-711; 115290, 
174-75; 1837, 186-87; 1851, 195; 
1859, 216-17; 1889, 258; 1925, 307. 
See also Buildings; Burials; Gifts, 
tablets and memorials; Graveyard 
and stones; Legacies; Lotteries; 
Organ; Parish register; Pews; 
Rectors; Rectory; Sunday school; 
Trust funds; Trustees; Vestrymen; 
Wardens 

St. Paul’s Church, 197 

St. Peter’s Church, Perth Amboy, 39, 
120 

Salger, Abram, 197 

Saltar, Richard, 85; sketch of, 106 

Sandelands, Mary, 338 

Savage, Annette, 96, 358 

Scarborough, Catherine Elizabeth, 
247 

Scarborough, John, 244, 246, 253, 
269; sketch of, 245 

Scarborough, Katherine, 276 

Scotch Episcopal Church, 116 

Scott, Ann Elizabeth, 227 

Scudder, Christina, 286 

Scudder, Henderson G., sketch of, 
287-88 

Scudder, Joseph R., 68 

Scudder, Mary, 212 


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GENERAL INDEX 


Scudder, Robert, 227 

Scully, Joseph, 173 

Seabury, Samuel, 116, 121 

Sharp, Robert, 135 

Sharpe, John, 24, 25, 39, 339 

Sherwood, Reuben, 128, 130, 131, 146; 
sketch of, 147 

Shield, the, 9 

Shiloh Baptist Church, 262-63 

Shreve, E. Mercer, 240; sketch of, 
288 

“Sign of Doctor Franklin” tavern, 
112 

Simmons, Emma Virginia, 279 

Simmons, Samuel, 219 

Singer, John, 123, 124 

Singer, Robert, §4, 111, 123 

Smith, Benjamin, 178 

Smith, Catherine Cammett, 284 


Smith, Charles Perrin, sketch of, 288. 


Smith, Elizabeth A., 261, 288 

Smith, Isaac, 104 

Smith, Robert, 148 

Smith, Walter, 66 

Society for the Propagation of the 
Gospel in Foreign Parts, 20, 21, 29, 
80, 315:34, 30, 61, 62,05, 69, 73; 74; 
117, 134 

Sons of American Revolution, 295 

Southard, Samuel Lewis, 208 

Southard, Virginia Eleanor, 208 

Spencer, Elihu, 54 

Stacy, Mahlon, 5, 6, 20, 338; arms of, 
10; descendants of, 290; grist mill 
of, 9, 10 

Stacy, Mahlon, Jr., 9, 45 

Standard Inlaid Manufacturing Co., 
282 

Starr, Samuel, 186, 197; sketch of, 
198-99 

Starr, Sarah P., 193 

State prison, 179, 187 

Steinmetz, Samuel, 304, 307; sketch 
of, 302-03 ° 

Stelle, Gabriel, 106 

Stelle, Pontius, 41; sketch of, 106-07 

Stelle, Pontius Delare, 107, 356 

Stevens, James A., 156 

Stevens, John G., sketch of, 212 

Stevens, Richard Fowler, 204 

Stevenson, Robert, 135 

Steward, Katurah T., 261 

Stewart, John Hoff, 208 

Stockton, Mrs. Robert F., 271 

Stockton, Robert Field, sketch of, 288 

Stockton, Samuel W., 92, 136 


Stokes, Edward, 213 

Stretch, David E., sketch of, 289 

Stryker, Samuel S., 183, 222; sketch 
Of, 212 

Sunday school, St. Michael’s, 171-74, 
219-20, 251, 268 

Swayne, Sara Noblit, 290 


TABLETS, See Gifts, tablets and me- 
mortals 

Talbot, John; 3, 4) 12; 16, 21,.22.70em 
29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 39, 114, 
115, 342; sketch of, 333-34 

Tattersall, Samuel Leslie, 282 

Tatterson, John, 135 

Taylor, John, 107 

Taylor, Major John, 107 

Taylor, Sarah Briggs, 287 

Temple Har Sinai, 18 

Tenent, William, 95 

Theological bitterness, 4 

Thirty-nine Articles, 150, 152 

Thompson, William, 54, 57, 58, 64 

Thornton, John, 89 

Throckmorton, Richard, 49 

Throp, Samuel Wesley, 295; sketch 
of, 289 

Tindall, Elizabeth, 103, 335 

Tindall, Thomas, 356; sketch of, 335- 


36 

Tindall family, 336 

Titus, Emma M., 271 

Tombstones in St. Michael’s Grave- 
yard, See Graveyard and stones 

Tompkins, Joseph, 197 

Toms, Charles, 284 

Toms, Florence H., 281 

Toms, Salina, 305 

Treadwell, Augur, 54, 56, 58, 65; 
sketch of, 63-64 

Trent, James, 45, 338 

Trent, Major William, 123, 356; 
sketch of, 107-08 

Trent, Mary, 108 

Trent, Maurice, 338 

Trent, Thomas, 340 

Trent, William, 9, 208, 211; arms of, 
11, 339; house of, 11; purchase of 
Stacy land, 10-11, 45; sketch of, 
11-13, 337-44 

Trent, William, of Inverness, 337 

Trenton, 9, 40, 55-56, 353-56; town- 
ship formed, 13; Presbyterians of, 
16; oldest house of worship, 17; re- 
ligious bodies of, 13-19; settlement 


ass 


GENERAL INDEX 


of, 9-12; early map, 14; Congress 
at, 91 

Trenton Academy, 168, 169, 188 

Trenton Ferry, 89, 108, 111 

“Trenton First Church,” 16 

Trenton iron works, 103 

Trenton Oil-Cloth and Linoleum Co., 
282 

Trenton Public Library, See Free 
Public Library, Trenton 

Trenton Savings Fund Society, 279 

“Trent's town,” 11, 338 

Trinity Church, N.Y.C., 25 

Trinity Church, Trenton, 217-19 

Trust funds, 324 

Trustees, list of, 314-18 

Tucker, Samuel; 29, 54, $5, 92, 104, 
126, 343, 356; sketch of, 108-09 

mynoalls; Thomas, 23, 24,:25, 26 

Tyndalls, 22, 23 

Tyrrell, Joseph, 220; sketch of, 212 


UNDERWOOD, Emily, 283 

Union Fire Company engine house, 
167-168 

Updike, William, 66 

Urban, Ralph E., 248 


VAN CLEVE, Mary W., 210, 290 

Vandergrift, John, 153 

Vandergrift, Joseph, 356 

Van Dike, Henry, 128, 137, 139; 
sketch of, 138 

Van Hise, Harriett Mary, 282 

Van Horn, Virginia B., 282 

Vanroome, Issah, 335 

Van Zant, Mary, 96 

Venerable Society, See Society for the 
Propagation of the Gospel... 

Vestrymen, 167; list of, 314-18; elec- 
tion of, 195-96 

Von Lossberg regiment, 80 

Vroom, Garret Dorset Wall, 204, 211, 
239, 264, 272; sketch of, 289 

Vroom, Gertrude G., 205, 289 

Vroom, Peter Dumont, 289 


WADDELL, Henry, 121, 128, 139, 140, 
141, 142, 143, 144, 148 

Wade, John, 153 

Walburg, Mrs. Elizabeth L., 272 

Walker, Edwin Robert, 9, 210, 303 
04; sketch of, 289-90 


Walker, Robert, 40 

Walker, Walter, 290 

Wall, Garret Dorset, 49, 211; sketch 
Of, 218 

Ward, John, 128, 129, 145, 147 

Wardens, list of, 314-18; election of, 
296-97 

Warrell, Joseph, I, 90; sketch of, 109- 
10 

Warrell, Joseph, I, 59, 84; sketch of, 
110-11 

Warren, William O., sketch of, 290 

Washington, George, 88, 95, 101, 103, 
207, 295, 344, 354, 355 

Weart, Susan, 280 

Welch, John, 135 

Weld, Edward D., 219 

West Jersey, 3 

Westcott, James D., sketch of, 213 

Wharton, Charles H., 129, 130, 138, 
148, 156 

Wherry, William G., 248 

Whitaker, Mrs. M. A., 271 

White, William, 116, 118, 
121, 148, 149, 178, 185 

Wilkins, Sarah, 108 

Wilkinson, Frederick R., 237; sketch 
of, 290-91 

Wilkinson, Sarah S., 261 

Williams, Rensselaer, 91, 104, 123, 
356; sketch of, 111 

Williamson, Maria, 200 

Williamson, Mathias, 148 

Willocks, George, 125, 126, 140 

Wilson, Samuel mks, 243502524102 53, 
255, 264, 269, 305; sketch of, 291 

Wilson, Walter P., sketch of, 291 

Wister, Lydia Simmons, 212 

Witt, Francis, 54, 123; sketch of, 111- 
12 

Witting, Mary, 202 

Wolfe, General, 61, 62 

Wood, Joseph, 187; sketch of, 213 

“Woodlawn,” See “Bloomsbury 
Court” 

Woodruff, George, 28, sketch of, 213 

Woodruff, Mary, 210 


119, 120, 


YARD, Catharine, 206 
Yard, Isaac; 356 

Yard, Mary, 98 

Yates, Miriam Powell, 301 


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